Table 1.

Red blood cell (RBC) membranes required to fully coat differently sized poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) cores.

Groups	Core Size (nm)	Surface Area Per Core (μm2)	Mass Per Core (×10−9 μg)	Surface Area Per Milligram of Core (×1010 μm2)	RBC Ghost Required to Coat 1 Milligram of Core (μL)
0 nm	60	0.0113	0.136	8.33	138.9
120 nm	100	0.0314	0.628	5.00	83.4
160 nm	140	0.0615	1.72	3.57	59.6
200 nm	160	0.0804	2.57	3.13	52.1