Table 1.

Physicochemical characteristics of different shaped gold nanoparticles, blank liposomes, and drug-loaded lipid-coated gold nanocomposites

Sample	Size (nm)	Polydispersity index	Zeta potential (mV)	Encapsulation efficiency (%)	Loading capacity (%)
AuNR	35.10±11.20	0.400±0.050	54.10±14.20	–	–
AL_B	127.20±2.71	0.083±0.021	−19.20±0.43	–	–
AL_AuNR_DTX	49.90±0.25	0.470±0.010	27.40±1.52	81.670±0.013	8.06±0.21
AuNP	39.30±9.30	0.210±0.070	−27.33±10.50	–	–
CL_B	112.60±11.20	0.031±0.020	13.78±11.12	–	–
CL_AuNP_DTX	70.0±7.36	0.210±0.021	−9.78±0.68	95.700±0.011	9.12±0.13

Note: Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (n=3).

Abbreviations: AL_AuNR_DTX, DTX-loaded anionic lipid-coated gold nanorod; AL_B, anionic liposome; AuNP, spherical gold nanoparticle; AuNR, gold nanorod; CL_AuNP_DTX, cationic lipid-coated gold nanoparticles; CL_B, cationic liposomes.