Table 2.

Weight % and atomic % of elements in various nanoparticles

Sample	CK		OK		NK		NaK		SK
Weight %	Atomic %	Weight %	Atomic %	Weight %	Atomic %	Weight %	Atomic %	Weight %	Atomic %
BL-NP	42.13	49.64	56.86	50.29	-	-	-	-	-	-
DOX-NP	35.64	41.98	50.38	44.55	13.28	13.42	-	-	-	-
BL-NP -BS	40.84	48.63	34.28	30.65	18.48	18.87	2.47	1.54	0.07	0.03
DOX- BS-NP	34.29	42.41	48.84	45.35	10.37	11.00	1.24	0.80	0.08	0.04

Note: Weight % and atomic % of elements in various nanoparticles.

Abbreviations: CK, carbon counts; OK, oxygen counts; NK, nitrogen counts; NaK, sodium count; SK, sufur count; BL-NP, blank nanoparticles; DOX-NP, doxorubicin loaded PLGA nanoparticles; BL-NP-BS, blank nanoparticles cross-linked with BS3; DOX-BS-NP, doxorubicin-loaded PLGA nanoparticles cross-linked with BS3.