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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 17.
Published in final edited form as: ACS Nano. 2017 Nov 10;11(12):11923–11930. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.7b06968

Figure 1. Preparation of nanosponge colloidal gel (denoted ‘NC-gel’).

Figure 1.

(A) Schematic illustration of NC-gel formulation by mixing red blood cell membrane-coated nanoparticles (RBC-NPs), which possess a negative surface charge, with chitosan-modified nanoparticles (Chi-NPs) as positively charged nanoparticle counterparts. (B) RBC-NPs and Chi-NPs mixed at different mass ratios (0, 30, 50, 70, and 100 wt% of RBC-NP, respectively) were measured for viscosity with varying shear stress (100–700 Pa). (C) RBC-NPs and Chi-NPs mixed at different mass ratios (30, 50, and 70 wt% of RBC-NP, respectively) were measured for the storage modulus G’ and loss modulus G’’ against frequency (0.1–10 Hz). All rheological measurements were performed at 25°C.