Table 1.

Hydrodynamic size, zeta potential (ζ), polydispersity indices (PDI) and drug loading efficiencies of nanoparticles.

NPs	Hydrodynamic Size (nm)	PDI	ζ Potential (mV)	BA Loading Efficiency (%)
EGCG-AuNP	127.3 ± 3.1	0.10	−28.3 ± 1.6	-
Au-PEG-BA	110.1 ± 5.3	0.22	−25.0 ± 0.9	25.4 ± 0.04
T-Au-PEG-BA	97.1 ± 2.5	0.035	−23.1 ± 1.1	25.4 ± 0.12
Au-[PLL-g-PEG]-BA	147.2 ± 4.7	0.13	+11.8 ± 1.6	21.0 ± 1.2
T-Au-[PLL-g-PEG]-BA	119.2 ± 3.5	0.11	+23.4 ± 0.5	21.0 ± 0.7