Research Article

One-Step Synthesis of PEGylated Gold Nanoparticles with Tunable Surface Charge

Table 1

Absorption maximum, fwhm, pH, and Zeta potential values of colloidal AuNPs reduced with different molecular weight PEGs.

NanoparticlesAbsorption maximum (nm)Fwhm (nm)pHZeta potential (mV)

AuNPs-PEG200520507,440−28,2
AuNPs-PEG400533517,692−25,5
AuNPs-PEG1500523597,485−16,2
AuNPs-PEG4000522547,795−12,1
AuNPs-PEG6000519497,556−7,72
AuNPs-PEG10000517477,714−2,16
AuNPs-PEG20000524497,552−1,94