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Table 1 Physico-chemical properties of PMMA/PDDA dispersions in aqueous medium at 1 mM NaCl

From: The antimicrobial activity of free and immobilized poly (diallyldimethylammonium) chloride in nanoparticles of poly (methylmethacrylate)

NPs

Dz ± SD (nm)

D ± SD (nm)

ζ (mV)

P

Mw (g/mol)

SC (mg/mL)

Np (mL−1)

% C

% H

% N

A3

257 ± 2

127 ± 12

66 ± 2

0.06 ± 0.01

1,173,000

5.5 ± 0.4

4.33 × 1012

53.8 ± 0.6

8.6 ± 0.1

2.4 ± 0.3

A4

328 ± 2

112 ± 17

67 ± 1

0.03 ± 0.01

1,065,000

10.0 ± 0.7

1.15 × 1013

55.4 ± 0.5

8.6 ± 0.1

1.5 ± 0.2

A5

286 ± 2

164 ± 32

69 ± 4

0.02 ± 0.01

2,872,000

4.4 ± 0.2

1.62 × 1012

51.5 ± 0.0

9.0 ± 0.2

3.7 ± 0.1

B3

232 ± 1

151 ± 27

62 ± 2

0.07 ± 0.01

1,514,000

7.3 ± 0.4

3.46 × 1012

52.5 ± 0.0

8.8 ± 0.3

3.0 ± 0.3

B4

230 ± 1

139 ± 22

67 ± 2

0.04 ± 0.01

2,362,000

5.8 ± 0.4

3.47 × 1012

50.3 ± 0.0

9.2 ± 0.4

4.2 ± 0.4

B5

262 ± 1

143 ± 23

66 ± 2

0.08 ± 0.02

2,056,000

7.2 ± 0.1

3.99 × 1012

50.7 ± 0.2

9.3 ± 0.5

3.9 ± 0.3

  1. Characterization of PMMA/PDDA dispersions of high colloidal stability regarding particle size from DLS (Dz ± the mean standard deviation, SD) or from the SEM images (D ± the mean standard deviation), ζ values, P values, Mw, SC, Np and elemental analysis for percentiles (%) of C, H and N