PLGA-NH
2 NPs were analyzed for size, polydispersity index (PDI) and zeta potential, in the same way as in our previous study [31 (
link)]. The NPs were dissolved at 0.1 mg/mL in MilliQ, and both size and PDI were measured by using a
NANO-flex (Microtrac, Inc., Duesseldorf, Germany), and the data were analyzed by using Microtrac software (Microtrac FLEX 11.1.0.2, Duesseldorf, Germany). The zeta potential was measured by using
Zetasizer Nano ZS (Malvern Instruments, Worcestershire, United Kingdom), where similar NP concentrations were dissolved in NaCl (5 mM, pH 7.4). Encapsulation efficiency of PFCE was measured by using a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR,
Bruker Avance III 400 MHz, Bruker BioSpin, Ettlingen, Germany) spectrometer coupled with a Broad Band Fluorine Observation (BBFO) probe. NPs, ~5 mg, were dissolved in 500 µL deuterium oxide (D
2O) containing 100 µL 1 volume% trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) in D2O. For quantification, the interscan relaxation delay (D1) was set at 5 times the relaxation time (T1) of TFA, at 20 s. The data were evaluated with
Mestrenova 10.0.2 (Mestrelab Research, Escandido, CA, USA).
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