. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 28.

Published in final edited form as: Analyst. 2011 Aug 22;136(20):4174–4178. doi: 10.1039/c1an15469a

Table 1.

LOD and K_D values of GNP–lectin interactions^a

GNP	Diameter/nm	Number of ligand per NP	Lectin	LOD/nM	K_D/μM	h
S-M-GNP	35	830	Con A	2.9	0.063	3.9
	110	2600		42	0.97	1.6
	470	4900		6.2 × 10³	9.2	2.3
Au-M-GNP	40	950	Con A	15	0.086	2.2
S-G-GNP	35	830	Con A	N/A
	35	840	RCA₁₂₀	6.6	0.22	1.9

N/A: not applicable.