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. 2011 Nov 10;6:2849–2857. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S26051

Table 1.

Surface modification and zeta potential of PEGylated QD (composed of CdSe/ZnS with core size of 5.3 nm and hydrodynamic size of 25 nm)

Surface modification Zeta potential (mV) in water
PEGylated-amine quantum dot (PEG-NH2+-QD) −15.67 ± 1.46
PEGylated-carboxylate quantum dot (PEG-COO-QD) −24.47 ± 4.71
PEGylated-non-modified quantum dot (PEG-QD) −31.53 ± 5.78