Table 1 Zeta potential measurements performed with bare Fe3O4-Au core-shell NPs, PEGylated NPs, nanobody-tagged NPs, and dye-labeled NPs at pH 7.4, presented as the mean of five runs ± SD
Fe3O4-Au NPs | PEGylation | Anti-Muc1-Ab tagging | Cy3 labeling | ||
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Zeta potential (ζ) (mV) | − 19.8 ± 6.68 | 2 K | − 44.9 ± 8.19 | − 38.5 ± 5.61 | − 12.5 ± 7.25 |
5 K | − 40.7 ± 7.88 | − 23.3 ± 8.61 | − 17.7 ± 3.94 | ||
10 K | − 39.6 ± 8.74 | − 31.8 ± 7.37 | − 10.6 ± 4.72 |