Quaternary Ammonium Polyethyleneimine: Antibacterial Activity

Table 5

Characterization of QA-PEI nanoparticles with different degrees of PEGYlation.

Code	Degree of PEGylation	Inhibition concentrationa	Elemental analysisb			C/Nc	Particle size (nm)d	Zeta potential  (mV)e
			%N	%C
I	0 %	80 𝜇g/mL	7.24	35.38	43.16	3.56	40 ± 18	63 ± 27
J	0.5 %	40 𝜇g/mL	7.03	32.74	54.00	3.79	24 ± 15	85 ± 10
E	5 %	40 𝜇g/mL	8.85	30.94	54.25	3.84	56 ± 50	73 ± 31

a-eSee notes in Table 3.