Table 1. Average Size, Polydispersity Index (PDI), ζ-Potential, and the Corresponding Standard Deviation (SD) Values of Bare NPs and Male and Female Protein Corona-Coated NPsa.
| before
protein corona |
after
protein corona |
||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nanoparticle | Stöber 50 | Stöber 100 | mesoporous 100 | Stöber 50-M | Stöber 50-F | Stöber 100-M | Stöber 100-F | mesoporous 100-M | mesoporous 100-F |
| size (nm) | 48.4 | 98.7 | 105.7 | 56.0 | 62.2 | 135.3 | 103.1 | 108.7 | 122.4 |
| SD (nm) | 3.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 9.9 | 11.2 | 4.4 | 12.5 | 0.0 |
| PDI | 0.091 | 0.048 | 0.147 | 0.193 | 0.38 | 0.117 | 0.142 | 0.183 | 0.236 |
| ζ-potential (mV) | –15.0 | –14.3 | –10.5 | –14.6 | –10.0 | –9.2 | –10.3 | –14.3 | –11.3 |
| SD (mV) | 0.6 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 1.9 |
a
M: male and F: female; three technical repeats.