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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Control Release. 2019 Aug 26;311-312:1–15. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2019.08.028

Table 1.

Characterization of nanoparticles in terms of size, surface area, average pore diameter, and endotoxin level a.

Nanoparticle Diameter
(TEM;
nm)		 Diameter
(DLS; nm)		 Surface
Area (m2 g
−1)		 Pore
Diameter
(nm)		 Endotoxin
Level (EU mL−1)
Stöber 100 105 ± 5 134 ± 15 37 ± 0.3 0 0.126 ± 0.02
Meso 100 125 ± 15 188 ± 30 1027 ± 29 2.9 ± 0.5 0.103 ± 0.05
Meso 500 475 ± 45 810 ± 23 950 ± 23 [36] 2.9 ± 0.7 [36] 0.02 ± 0.01
Disulfide Meso 100 105 ± 10 140 ± 8 342 ± 8 2 ± 0.8 0.04 ± 0.02
Disulfide Hollow 100 130 ± 5 178 ± 15 495 ± 8 2.3 ± 0.5 0.174 ± 0.06
a

Data are mean ± SD (N=3).