Research Article

Polymer Adsorption on Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for One-Step Amino-Functionalized Silica Encapsulation

Table 2

Chemical characterizations of PVA-coated SPIONs with and without silica shells, with PVA-SPIONs given as reference.

Nanoparticles[NP] (mgNP/mL)[Fe] (mgFe/mL)[NP]/[Fe][Si] (mgSi/mL)[Si]/[Fe]Loss of PVAPVA/Fe ratio

PVA-SPIONs4358.60084%9.0
PVA-SPIONs@silica80.5414.83.356.213%1.9
PVA-SPIONs@silica-amino6.80.4515.11.763.920%3.0