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. 2021 Sep 16;22(18):10009. doi: 10.3390/ijms221810009

Table 1.

Different types of nanoparticles and their properties as a delivery molecule.

Categories Types Features References
Lipid-based 1 NPs Liposome

  • Amphiphilic structure

  • Surface modification

  • High bioavailability

 [41,48,72,73,74,75]
2 LNPs
Inorganic NPs 3 AuNPs

  • Customizable size and structure

  • Well-established application for clinical imaging

 [37,38,47,56,76,77,78,79,80]
Silica NPs
Selenium NPs
4 AgNPs
Calcium bisphosphonate
Iron NPs
Polymer-based NPs Polymeric micelle

  • Biocompatibility

  • Biodegradable

  • Surface modification

  • Payload flexibility (hydrophilic/hydrophobic)

 [36,43,50,81,82,83,84]
Dendrimer
Cationic polymeric NPs
Poly-β-amino ester
Extracellular vesicle Extracellular vesicle

  • High biocompatibility

  • Low immunogenicity

  • Low immune clearance

  • Surface modification

  • Payload flexibility

  • Expression of native membrane proteins

 [51,52,57,85,86]

1 NPs: nanoparticles; 2 LNPs: lipid nanoparticles; 3 AuNPs: gold nanoparticle; 4 AgNPs: silver nanoparticles.