Table 1.

List of model parameter values.

parameter	comment
R = 104 nm	cell radius (a typical cell size assumed)
r = 10 nm	nanoparticle radius
n = 12–396	number of receptors
rrec = 7.5 nm	radius of a receptor
ε = 0.4	tissue porosity [30]
D = 105 nm2 s−1	particle diffusion constant [30]
U∞ = 103 nm s−1	mean (bulk) fluid velocity in the tissue [30]
ρ = 0–10−4	probability of particle capture per non-specific collision
	largest particle jump size
	smallest time step