Table 3.
Colloidal Stability of FACS-R and FACS-T in Five Different Solutions
| Day 1 | Day 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solution | Hydrodynamic Size (nm) | Zeta Potential (mV) | Hydrodynamic Size (nm) | Zeta Potential (mV) | |
| Control | FACS-R | 141.4 | 54.62 | 131.7 | 64.01 |
| FACS-T | 104.3 | 42.11 | 83.0 | 58.23 | |
| Deionized water | FACS-R | 114.7 | 57.57 | 115.2 | 39.42 |
| FACS-T | 99.8 | 42.71 | 77.5 | 40.09 | |
| NaCl (0.9%) | FACS-R | 116.3 | 20.88 | 97.1 | 15.41 |
| FACS-T | 219.2 | 29.16 | 261.4 | 31.46 | |
| PBS (pH 7.4) | FACS-R | 96.4 | 25.88 | 104.9 | 18.93 |
| FACS-T | 245.4 | 29.51 | 243.8 | 32.64 | |
| RPMI medium | FACS-R | 123.0 | 25.59 | 125.1 | 30.08 |
| FACS-T | 163.7 | 26.95 | 216.3 | 27.71 | |
| Full medium | FACS-R | 584.7 | 17.02 | 1491.5 | 14.31 |
| FACS-T | 1575.5 | 16.19 | 8112.7 | 11.62 | |
Abbreviations: FACS-R, gold nanorods assembled to FA-CS; FACS-T, triangular silver nanoplates assembled to FA-CS; PBS, phosphate-buffered saline; RPMI medium, Roswell Park Memorial Institute medium.