Figure 8From: Altered characteristics of silica nanoparticles in bovine and human serum: the importance of nanomaterial characterization prior to its toxicological evaluation Amount of human proteins immobilized onto nanoparticles surface analyzed with ImageJ software. (1) SiO2, (2) SiO2_NH2, (3) SiO2_SH, (4) SiO2_PVP NPs after (a) 5Â min, (b) 1Â h, (c) 24Â h, (d) 72Â h and (e) 1Â week of incubation in DMEM supplemented with 10% human serum.Back to article page