Table 3.

Particle size and polydispersity index of NPs (n=3)

	Particle size (nm)	Polydispersity index	Encapsulation efficiency (%)
NPs	70.5±0.8	0.11±0.03	/
cHP-NPs	80.1±2.4	0.17±0.05	/
Cur-NPs	78.6±1.5	0.18±0.06	86.08±2.58
cHP/Cur-NPs	97.3±1.7	0.16±0.04	80.52±2.39
Cou-NPs	71.5±2.9	0.19±0.05	92.21±3.56
cHP/Cou-NPs	82.9±3.6	0.25±0.08	86.33±1.98
DiR-NPs	70.8±2.0	0.18±0.05	91.58±4.58
cHP/DiR-NPs	78.2±3.6	0.22±0.07	83.24±2.43

Note: “/”indicates not applicable.

Abbreviations: cHP, cyclic hexapeptide, c(RGDf(N-me)VK)-C; cHP/Cou-NPs, cHP-modified coumarin nanoparticles; cHP/Cur-NPs, cHP-modified curcumin nanoparticles; cHP/DiR-NPs, cHP-modified DiR nanoparticles; cHP-NPs, cHP-modified nanoparticles; Cou-NPs, coumarin nanoparticles; Cur-NPs, curcumin nanoparticles; DiR, 1,1′-Dioctadecyl-3,3,3′,3′-tetramethylindotricarbocyanine; DiR-NPs, DiR nanoparticles; NPs, nanoparticles.