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. 2021 Dec 2;13(12):2061. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13122061

Table 4.

Atomic concentrations (%) determined by XPS for six different composite particles (mean ± S.D., n = 3).

Formula Atomic Concentration (%) Surface Coverage of
Additive (%)
Surface Excess of
Additive a
C1s O1s Cl2p
SS1 77.5 ±0.9 16.8 ±0.6 3.7 ±0.6 8.3 1.7
SS2 78.7 ±0.6 17.2 ±0.4 3.6 ±0.3 7.5 1.5
SS3 78.1 ±0.5 16.7 ±0.5 4.1 ±0.7 6.5 1.3
SD1 77.7 ±0.4 19.5 ±0.7 2.8 ±0.8 24.7 4.9
SD2 77.9 ±0.8 19.7 ±0.3 2.4 ±0.9 20.8 4.2
SD3 77.2 ±0.7 20.2 ±0.6 2.6 ±0.7 28.1 5.6

a Calculated as: (surface coverage of additive)/(the theoretical %weight fraction of additive, 5%).