Table 1.

Characterization of Au-C, Au-P, and Au-CP in water and cell culture media with serum.

Nanoparticles	In Water			In 10% Serum-Containing Medium
	HDD (mm)	Zeta Potentials (mV)	PDI%	HDD (mm)	Zeta Potentials (mV)	PDI%
Au-C	101.5 ± 15	−0.2 ± 0.1	25.2 ± 2.5	152 ± 8	−6.9 ± 1.5	23.1 ± 1.5
Au-P	115 ± 9	−5.8 ± 2.1	23.9 ± 3.3	140 ± 15	−8.2 ± 2.3	20.2 ± 4.3
Au-CP	128 ± 10	−3.0 ± 1.1	25.5 ± 1.2	166 ± 6	−3.9 ± 1.12	22.41