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Table 1 Quantitative flame atomic absorption measurements of GNP total Au mass (ng), total GNP volume (nL) and total free surface area (μm 2 ) per single cell

From: The effect of nanoparticle size on the probability to cross the blood-brain barrier: an in-vitro endothelial cell model

GNP size (nm)

Au/cell (ng)

Total volume (nl)

Total surface (μm 2 )

20

0.12 ± 0.03

6E−6 ± 1.05−6

1800 ± 545

50

0.17 ± 0.02

8.7−6 ± 7.6−7

1040 ± 158

70

0.21 ± 0.03

1.08−5 ± 8.6−7

926 ± 126

110

0.16 ± 0.004

8.4−6 ± 1.04−7

379 ± 8