Gold/Chitosan Nanocomposites with Specific Near Infrared Absorption for Photothermal Therapy Applications

Table 1

Surface property of the gold nanoparticles with different chitosan-based coatings. Particles are dispersed in DI water with a concentration of 1 OD/mL.

Nanoparticles	Coating components	Hydrodynamic diameter; (nm, mean ± STD)	Zeta Potential; (mV, mean ± STD)
Au Bare	None	36.0 ± 1.78	−43.5 ± 2.92
Au/CS	CS	290.4 ± 52.7	+43.8 ± 4.36
Au/CMCS	CMCS	235.5 ± 9.05	+20.2 ± 0.68
Au/(CS + CMCMS)	75 wt.% CS+; 25 wt.% CMCS	262.3 ± 58.9	+24.3 ± 0.80