2-(
N-morpholino)ethanesulfonic acid (MES, Sigma-Adrich, Darmstadt, Germany), 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (
APTES, Sigma-Adrich), 3-mercaptopropyl triethoxysilane (
MPTES, >95%, Sigma-Adrich), ammonium fluoride (NH
4F, >98% Fluka, Darmstadt, Germany), Atto 633-carboxy dye (Atto-Tec, Siegen, Germany),
4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI, Thermo Fisher, Schwerte, Germany), block copolymer surfactant (Pluronic F127 (EO
106PO
70EO
106), Sigma-Aldrich), cetyltrimethyl-ammonium chloride (CTAC, 25% in H
2O, Sigma-Adrich),
N-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-
N′-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC, >97%, Sigma-Adrich),
N-hydroxysulfosuccinimide (
sulfo-NHS, 98%, Sigma-Adrich), octadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (C
18Br, Sigma-Adrich), propidium iodide,
tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS, >98%, Sigma-Aldrich), triethanolamine (TEA, 98%, Fluka), triisopropylbenzene (TiPB, 96%, Sigma-Adrich). Oligomer 454 [42 (
link)] and Mal-PEG-GE11 [41 (
link)] were synthesized as described before. siRNA and miRNA duplexes were purchased from Axolabs GmbH (Kulmbach, Germany): control RNA (sense: 5-AuGuAuuGGccuGuAuuAGdTsdT-3′, antisense: 5′-CuAAuAcAGGCcAAuAcAUdTsdT-3), miR200c (sense: 5′-UCCAUCAUUACCCGGCAGUAUUA-3, antisense: 5′-UAAUACUGCCGGGUAAUGAUGGA-3).
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