Figure 2.
Physico-chemical characterization of PLGA nanoparticles as a function of format and concentration of Pluronic F127-RGD. The intensity size distribution (A, shown only for the linear RGD peptide) and the apparent hydrodynamic size and polydispersity (B) values show that the presence of Pluronic F127-RGD did not substantially alter the nanoparticle dimensions, with only slight changes in their ζ potential (C); the data for the latter are measured in 10 mM NaCl, for values in deionized water see Table 1. n = 3. (D) The fluorescence of the nanoparticles remains unchanged after centrifugation regardless of the surfactant format (100% Pluronic F127-RGD/–OH mixtures for both RGDc and RGDl) (n = 3).