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. 2020 Sep 29;20(19):5590. doi: 10.3390/s20195590

Table 3.

Hydrodynamic diameter (in nm), zeta potential (in mV), absorption peak (λab in nm), fluorescence peak (λfl in nm), and fluorescence quantum yield (Φfl) in water of the dye-loaded silica nanoparticles without and with PEG-coated at their external surface.

Sample DLS
(nm)
Zpot (mV) λab λfl Φfl Brightness
MSN-C-R101-70 60 −4.0 - - - -
MSN-C-R101-70-PEG 69 −21.0 572.0 594.0 0.51 230
MSN-S-R101-60-PEG 64 −23.0 571.0 595.0 0.25 260
R101 in water - - 560.0 597.0 0.77 1