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. 2008 Dec;3(4):403–414. doi: 10.2147/ijn.s3548

Table 3.

BSA loading and release data from SBA-15 and MCF materials before and after functionalization with amino groups

Material Pore diameter (nm) Surface area, SBET (m2/g) Pore volume (cm3/g) BSA loaded (%) BSA released after 24 h (%) Total % of BSA released after 264 h of assay
SBA-15 8.5 874 1.1 20 74 93
SBA-15-NH2 6.9 348 0.7 21 27 87
MCF 17.9a 452 1.9 24 62 90
MCF-NH2 15.7a 275 1.6 27 22 86
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Notes: The pore diameter corresponds to the size of the windows present in the spherical cells.