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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 14.
Published in final edited form as: Nanoscale. 2020 Mar 25;12(14):7720–7734. doi: 10.1039/d0nr01234c

Table 1.

Characterization of various TaOx NCs.

TaOx NC type Ta (%)a Diameterb, c (nm) PDIb Zeta Potentialb (mV)
NC1 73 (11.1 ± 0.7)b 0.12 ± 0.05 −12.1 ± 1.3
NC2 78 (12.9 ± 0.8)b 0.17 ± 0.01 −29.4 ± 5.9
NC3 69 (10.1 ± 0.4)c n/a n/a
NC4 61 (17.2 ± 2.1)b 0.14 ± 0.04 −39.9 ± 3.1
NC5 56 (11.2 ± 1.8)c n/a n/a
a

Ta content reported using ICP-OES;

b

Diameter, PDI and Zeta potential reported using DLS;

c

Diameter reported using TEM images analysed by Image J software.