Table 1. Size Distribution for Blue Fluorescent CDs, Acid-Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles, and Multifunctional CD-Based Nanosytems.

nanoparticle description	size measured by DLS (nm)	size measured by SEM (nm)
blue fluorescent CDs	6 ± 3	6 ± 3
acid-functionalized magnetic nanoparticles	40 ± 7	40 ± 5
blue fluorescent magneto-CD nanoparticles	55 ± 10	55 ± 8