Table 1. NIRF copy number per PZn3-based vesicle, reported as a function of polymersome size for a 5 mol% membrane loading.
Polymersome size | Example | No. of copies of NIRF |
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Small (<300 nm) | 100 nm | 2,500 |
Medium (300 nm-1 μm) | 500 nm | 75,000 |
Giant (>1μm) | 1 μm | 300,000 |
Computations assume a 1-nm2 projected area per PBD block composing the polymersome's bilayer membrane (31).