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Table 1 Characterization of the P(EF) and P(EF-PLLA) polymers and particles

From: Engineering of near infrared fluorescent proteinoid-poly(L-lactic acid) particles for in vivo colon cancer detection

 

P(EF)

P(EF-PLLA)f

Mw (kDa) a

165

168

Mn (kDa) a

138

156

PDI a

1.19

1.07

Optical activity [α] D 25 ° C (°) b

−9.0

−4.5

Particle diameter (nm) c

196 ± 24

103 ± 11

Particle density (g/mL) d

0.001

0.005

  1. aMolecular masses were measured by GPC, PDI is the polydispersity index, given by Mw/Mn; bspecific optical rotation (c = 1, in H2O, at 25°C); chydrodynamic particle diameter, measured by DLS, as described in the Materials and methods section; dparticle density was measured as described in the Materials and methods section; fP(EF-PLLA), PLLA 10% of the total monomer weight.