Table 1

Reminder of successful and unsuccessful encapsulations of the different dyes (a-h) and the uses of the different methods of encapsulation (i.e. series 1-4) investigated during the study

Dyes

Series

1

2

3

4

a

PABI

✓

✓

✓

✓^a

b

PPC

✓^a

✓^a

✓

✓^a

c

IR 806

X^b

X

✓

✓^b

d

NBA

✓

✓^b

✓

✓

e

HITC

X

X

✓^b

✓

f

ICG

X

X

✓

X

g

RHOD B

✓^a

N/A

N/A

N/A

h

FLUO

✓^a

N/A

N/A

N/A

All successfully encapsulated samples have been further characterised by fluorescent measurements.

^aCharacterised by TEM analysis.

^bCharacterised by DLS measurements.

Auger et al. Nanoscale Research Letters 2011 6:328   doi:10.1186/1556-276X-6-328