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. 2022 Nov 21;15(2):240–247. doi: 10.1038/s41557-022-01090-0

Fig. 3. Loading mechanism of molecular probes.

Fig. 3

a, Normalized fluorescence of Py-PEG4-Im loaded onto polymersomes and Py-PEG4-Im dissolved in water. The fluorescence intensity was normalized at the first fluorescence peak (I1). b,c, Brightfield (left) and fluorescence images (right) of the aqueous dispersion of PEG microparticles (b) and polystyrene microparticles (c) after incubation with Py-PEG4-Im. d, Snapshot of the loading of Py-PEG4-Im onto the PEG corona of polymersomes at 10 ns. Py-PEG4-Im is shown as the space-filling model and PEG corona is shown as the framework model (cyan, C; red, O; blue, N; grey, H). e, Radial distribution function (g(r)) of Py-PEG corona, PEG4-PEG corona and Im-PEG corona at 8–10 ns. r is the distance between different segments of molecular probe and PEG corona. f, ITC analysis for the binding of molecular probes with polymersomes. The dotted lines represent the fitted plots generated by MicroCal PEAQ-ITC Analysis Software. For Ip, Ph, Na and Py (but not Hy), ΔH < 0 and ΔS > 0. g, Schematic showing the loading of Py-PEG4-Os onto PEG corona.

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