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. 2017 Feb 22;10(2):216. doi: 10.3390/ma10020216

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Illustration of the mass transport during loading: (1) external diffusion of fluorescein molecules towards the nanoparticles as described by the Adam and Delbrück model; (2) Concurrent intracrystalline diffusion and adsorption/desorption to/from the internal surface of the MOF NP (reaction-diffusion).