Table 1.
Mean particle diameter by TEM and its standard deviation σ; average crystallite size and its uncertainty, magnetic diameter from the Langevin equation and its standard deviation σ, hydrodynamic diameter , and its polydispersity index (PDI) and ζ-potential.
Sample | ζ-Potential | ||||||||
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(nm) | σ | (nm) | ± | (nm) | σ | (nm) | PDI | (mV) | |
OA@NP | 10.3 | 0.3 | 6.7 | 0.9 | 9.1 | 0.4 | 120 | 0.120 | –50 |
LA@NP | 7.9 | 0.2 | 5.8 | 0.6 | 7.6 | 0.3 | 23 | 0.169 | −47 |
MA@NP | 9.5 | 0.3 | 5.8 | 0.9 | 8.9 | 0.4 | 99 | 0.176 | −50 |