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. 2017 Mar 29;12:2489–2504. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S123190

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The characteristics of different micelles.

Notes: (A) FTIR spectra of C₁₆-SS-COOH, C₁₆-SS-CS, and C₁₆-SS-CS-mPEG. (B) ¹H NMR spectra of C₁₆-SS-CS-mPEG polymer in D₂O (ppm). TEM micrographs of (C) C₁₆-SS-CS-mPEG@Cur micelles and (D) C₁₆-CC-CS-mPEG@Cur micelles. The size distribution by DLS of (E) C₁₆-SS-CS-mPEG@Cur micelles and C₁₆-CC-CS-mPEG@Cur micelles.

Abbreviations: FTIR, Fourier transform-infrared spectrometry; C₁₆-SS-CS-mPEG, monomethoxy-poly(ethylene glycol)-chitosan-S-S-hexadecyl; C₁₆-CC-CS-mPEG, monomethoxy-poly(ethylene glycol)-chitosan-C-C-hexadecyl; Cur, curcumin; ¹H NMR, ¹H nuclear magnetic resonance; TEM, transmission electron microscopy.