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. 2015 May 4;10:3315–3328. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S68719

Table 1.

Summary of the properties of the synthesized Fe3O4, Fe3O4@Alg nanoparticles and Fe3O4@Alg-GA nanoparticles

Diameter (nm) PDI Surface potential (mV) Saturation magnetization (emu/g) Amount of Fe3O4 in cancer cell (pg/cell)
Fe3O4 5,629±2,257 0.401 +16.1 66.2
Fe3O4@Alg 122±29.5 0.242 −60.1 69.2 18.5
Fe3O4@Alg-GA 128±18.9 0.148 −29.7 71.6 364.4

Abbreviations: Alg, alginate; Fe3O4, iron oxide; GA, galactosamine; PDI, polydispersity index.