Fig. 5

Potential saturation of trapping potency of molecular anchors. Potential saturation of trapping potency was measured by effective diffusivity of nanoparticulates, in the context of molecular anchors in matrix containing other anchor species: a τ AP/τ AM = 0.05; b τ AP/τ AM = 1; and c τ AP/τ AM = 20. Parameter values used were D A/D P = 20, N = 20, and \(\left[ {\rm{M}} \right] = {10^5}\,{\rm{\mu }}{{\rm{m}}^{ - 3}}\) (which corresponds to a 2% w/v gel with 10 anchor-binding sites per matrix)