Table 4.

Complexation efficacy of ≈20 mg insoluble CDPs in 0.050 mM MO solution after 1 day and 2 weeks (entry numbers are identical as those in Table 3.)

No.	CD used in CDP synthesis	Milling time [h]	Particle sizea [µm]	MO binding capacity [µmol/mg]		Relative MO binding capacityb
				1 day	14 days
9	β	6	≈1.9	0.004	0.006	0.33
10e	β	9	≈2.9	0.005	0.009	0.51
11	β*H2O	6	≈1.7	0.007	0.010	0.61
12	γ	6	≈1.8	0.003	0.004	0.25
13	γ*H2O	6	≈2.2	<0.001	0.002	0.10
14	bead polymerc	N/A	≈77d	0.011	0.017	1.00

^aBy QELS; ^bbead polymer = 1, calculated with not rounded values; ^cCyclolab’s CYL-2011; ^dby electron microscope.