Table 2. Some basic structural parameters of the simulated dPGS. MW is the molecular weight of the dPGS while rd and Z0 stand for the intrinsic radius (defined by the terminal sulphur peak position in the density distribution) [cf.Fig. 2(a)] and bare charge, respectively, leading to the bare dPGS surface charge density σd. Rg is the radius of gyration.
| G0 | G1 | G2 | G3 | |
| MW (kDa) | 0.79 | 1.72 | 4.10 | 8.32 |
| r d (nm) | 0.66 | 0.86 | 1.16 | 1.40 |
| Z 0 (e0) | –6 | –12 | –24 | –48 |
| σ d (e0 nm–2) | –1.08 | –1.30 | –1.41 | –1.93 |
| R g (nm) | 0.57 | 0.75 | 1.03 | 1.28 |