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. 2019 Oct 25;16:38. doi: 10.1186/s12989-019-0321-5

Table 1.

Overview on main physico-chemical properties

Name Core Material Surface
Modification
PPS Surface Area (BET) Agglomerate Size in F12K (z.average) Zeta
Potential
[nm] [m2/g] [nm] [mV]
SiO2_15_Unmod Silica None 15 200 42 −35.5
SiO2_15_Phospho Phosphonate 15 200 93 − 42.3
SiO2_15_Amino Amino 15 200 144 −30.9
SiO2_40 None 40 50 255 − 38.8
SiO2_7 None 8 300 275 −26.6
SiO2_7_TMS2 2% TMS 8 300 159 −1.0
SiO2_7_TMS3 3% TMS 8 300 403 −8.8
TiO2_NM105 Titanium dioxide None 21 51 3490 −16.5
Graphene Oxide Graphene oxide None 1927 −16.2
Phthalocyanine Blue

Cu-phthalo-cyanine

Halogenated Cu-phathalo-cyanine

None 17 53 1760 −24.1
Phthalocyanine Green None 69 1784 −37.0
Mn2O3 Manganese oxide None 50 19.9 676 −24.6

Main physico-chemical properties are: core material, surface coatings/other modifications, primary particle size (PPS) as given by the manufacturer, NM surface area as determined by BET and provided by the manufacturer, agglomerate sizes in serum containing F12K as determined by DLS and Zeta Potential at pH 7.4