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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Pharm. 2009 Sep–Oct;6(5):1321–1332. doi: 10.1021/mp800270t

Table 1.

Physical Characteristics of the MC systems

MC System Type Coating Material Diameter (mean ± std. dev) ICG Encapsulation Efficiency (%) Zeta Potential (mV)
D100 Dextran
(40 kDa)
90 ± 12 nm 61 ± 3 -22 ± 4
D500 Dextran
(40 kDa)
465 ± 156 nm 56 ± 3 -23 ± 2
Fe100 Fe3O4 NPs
(10 nm, coated with PEG)
97 ± 13 nm 60 ± 2 -10 ± 1