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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biomaterials. 2011 Sep;32(26):6291–6301. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.05.024

Table 1.

Key physical and pharmacokinetic properties of D & PEG-MNPs [16]

MNP Property D D5 D20
Hydrodynamic diameter (nm) 104.1 ± 2.3 142.2 ± 5.6 168.5 ± 1.4
[PEG] (nmol/mg Fe) - 4.27 ± 0.68 1.14 ± 0.25
NH2 groups occupied by PEG (%) - 1.45 0.39
T1/2,plasma (hr) 0.12 7.29 11.75
AUC0-∞,plasma (µg Fe*hr/mL) 12 1182 1801