Table 1 The interaction energies between NPs and vesicles and energy barriers heights between vesicles and cell membranes for 64 organically-coated gold NPs.

From: Generic prediction of exocytosis rate constants by size-based surface energies of nanoparticles and cells

No

NPs

Cells

ΔGnp/v kJ/mol

ΔG‡v/m kJ/mol

No

NPs

Cells

ΔGnp/v kJ/mol

ΔG‡v/m kJ/mol

1

C1(methoxy)

RAW 264.7

779

1171

33

C12B(2-butyloctyl)

Hela

453

1270

2

C6S(hexyl)

RAW 264.7

571

1185

34

C12C(cyclododecyl)

Hela

436

1194

3

C6B-2(3,3-dimethylbutyl)

RAW 264.7

579

1199

35

C12A-1(5-naphthybutyl)

Hela

505

1250

4

C6C(cyclohexyl)

RAW 264.7

577

1165

36

C12A-2(7-phenylheptyl)

Hela

458

1199

5

C6E-1(5-hexenyl)

RAW 264.7

570

1165

37

Citrate

U937

675

667

6

C6E-2(2-hexenyl)

RAW 264.7

607

1237

38

Citrate

U937

1259

1243

7

C6A(phenyl)

RAW 264.7

682

1302

39

Citrate

U937

2132

2105

8

C12S(dodecyl)

RAW 264.7

455

1274

40

Cysteamine

U937

346

624

9

C12B(2-butyloctyl)

RAW 264.7

453

1270

41

Cysteamine

U937

744

1343

10

C12C(cyclododecyl)

RAW 264.7

436

1194

42

Cysteamine

U937

1225

2212

11

C12A-1(5-naphthybutyl)

RAW 264.7

505

1250

43

L-cysteine

U937

591

753

12

C12A-2(7-phenylheptyl)

RAW 264.7

458

1199

44

L-cysteine

U937

990

1260

13

C1(methoxy)

C166

779

1171

45

L-cysteine

U937

1776

2260

14

C6S(hexyl)

C166

571

1185

46

PEG

U937

1266

1177

15

C6B-2(3,3-dimethylbutyl)

C166

579

1199

47

PEG

U937

1789

1663

16

C6C(cyclohexyl)

C166

577

1165

48

PEG

U937

2746

2552

17

C6E-1(5-hexenyl)

C166

570

1165

49

Transferrin

STO

477

648

18

C6E-2(2-hexenyl)

C166

607

1237

50

Transferrin

STO

1022

1388

19

C6A(phenyl)

C166

682

1302

51

Transferrin

STO

1703

2314

20

C12S(dodecyl)

C166

455

1274

52

Transferrin

STO

2520

3425

21

C12B(2-butyloctyl)

C166

453

1270

53

Transferrin

STO

3406

4628

22

C12C(cyclododecyl)

C166

436

1194

54

Transferrin

SNB19

477

648

23

C12A-1(5-naphthybutyl)

C166

505

1250

55

Transferrin

SNB19

1022

1388

24

C12A-2(7-phenylheptyl)

C166

458

1199

56

Transferrin

SNB19

1703

2314

25

C1(methoxy)

Hela

779

1171

57

Transferrin

SNB19

2520

3425

26

C6S(hexyl)

Hela

571

1185

58

Transferrin

SNB19

3406

4628

27

C6B-2(3,3-dimethylbutyl)

Hela

579

1199

59

Transferrin

Hela

477

648

28

C6C(cyclohexyl)

Hela

577

1165

60

Transferrin

Hela

1022

1388

29

C6E-1(5-hexenyl)

Hela

570

1165

61

Transferrin

Hela

1703

2314

30

C6E-2(2-hexenyl)

Hela

607

1237

62

Transferrin

Hela

2520

3425

31

C6A(phenyl)

Hela

682

1302

63

Transferrin

Hela

3406

4628

32

C12S(dodecyl)

Hela

455

1274

64

D-penicillamine

Hela

248

370