. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 13.

Published in final edited form as: Macromol Biosci. 2011 Jul 25;11(10):1370–1377. doi: 10.1002/mabi.201100107

Table 1.

Mean diameter, polydispersity index, and ζ-potential of NPs used for degradation.

Nanoparticle	Emulsifier	Diameter [nm]	Polydispersity Index^a)	ζ-Potential [mV]
NP-PVA2	PVA 2 kDa	222	0.033	−23.3
NP-PVA14	PVA 14 kDa	231	0.193	−20.6
NP-PMLA	PMLA	238	0.063	−25.7
NP	–	207	0.236	−33.9

^a)

Defined as the ratio of weight average to the number average particle radius.