. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 23.

Published in final edited form as: J Microencapsul. 2014 Apr 3;31(6):542–550. doi: 10.3109/02652048.2014.885606

Table 3.

Effect of pH on Fab:DS HIP NPs size and zeta potential. (a) Particle size of Fab:DS HIP NPs with respect to pH and (b) Zeta potential of Fab:DS HIP NPs with respect to pH.

No	Method of preparation	Drug	pH	Particle size (nm)
(a) Particle size of Fab:DS HIP NPs with respect to pH
1	Nanoprecipitation method	Fab:DS HIP	7.45	222.10 ±5.54
			6	217.55 ±0.97
			5	216.05 ± 1.77
			4	284.70 ±9.41
2	S/O/W method	Fab:DS HIP	7.45	171.90 ±3.87
			6	174.40 ±2.77
			5	175.47 ±3.23
			4	173.90 ±2.17
(b) Zeta potential of Fab:DS HIP NPs with respect to pH.				Zeta potential (mV)
(b) Zeta potential of Fab:DS HIP NPs with respect to pH.
1	Nanoprecipitation method	Fab:DS HIP	6	−10.25 ± 0.07
			4	−3.63 ±0.09
2	S/O/W method	Fab:DS HIP	6	−5.47 ± 1.68
			4	−4.80 ±0.66

Note: Values are represented as mean ± SD (n = 3).