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Shape engineering vs organic modification of inorganic nanoparticles as a tool for enhancing cellular internalization
1 Centre for Functional Materials, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Department of Natural Sciences, Åbo Akademi University, Porthansgatan 3-5, Turku, FI-20500, Finland
2 Pharmacy Department, Faculty of Tech. & Eng, The M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat -390002, India
3 Department of Biosciences, Cell biology, Åbo Akademi University, Artillerigatan 6A, Turku FI-20520, Finland
4 Nanostructured Materials Division, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University, Linköping, SE-581 83, Sweden
5 Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, P.O. Box 123, Turku FI-20521, Finland
6 Turku Center for Disease Modeling, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, Turku FIN-20520, Finland
Nanoscale Research Letters 2012, 7:358 doi:10.1186/1556-276X-7-358
Published: 1 July 2012Additional files
Additional file 2:
Figure S1 DLS measurements of nonfluorescent NR-MSPs (red) and S-MSPs (green) measured in water after SDA removal and drying.
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Figure S2 MFI values from FACS for HeLa cells incubated with 10 and 2 μg/mL MSPs for 4 h. The lower graphs have been normalized against pure particle suspension fluorescence values measured at 530 nm in HEPES buffer at pH 7.2.
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Figure S3 MFI values from FACS for Caco-2 cells incubated with 10 and 2 μg/mL MSPs for 4 h. The lower graphs have been normalized against pure particle suspension fluorescence values measured at 530 nm in HEPES buffer at pH 7.2.
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Figure S4 MFI values from FACS for HeLa cells incubated with 1 μg/mL MSPs for 4 h. The right graph has been normalized against pure particle suspension fluorescence values measured at 530 nm in HEPES buffer at pH 7.2.
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