Table 2.

Comparison of hydrodynamic size and zeta potential data between NP-Chi-xPEI-DNA and recently reported IONP-based DNA carriers in literature.

Non-Viral DNA Carrier Material	Hydrodynamic Size	Zeta Potential	Reference
NP-Chi-xPEI-DNA	45.8 nm	18.3 mV	N/A
IONP-Catechol-Chitosan-25k PEI-DNA	54.3 nm	16.2 mV	[36]
IONP-Chondroitin-10k PEI-DNA	136 nm	15 mV	[37]
IONP-25k PEI-DNA	250 nm	19.2 mV	[38]
IONP-PAMAM Denrimer-DNA-25k PEI	190–285 nm	45 mV	[40]
IONP-1.8k PEI-DNA	50 nm (dry size)	10 mV	[41]
IONP covalently bound to DNA	241 nm	−26.4 mV	[55]
IONP-Lipids-DNA	50–100 nm	20 mV	[56]