Poly(
d,
l-lactide-
co-glycolide) 50:50 was from Evonik Industries (Birmingham, AL, USA).
1-(3-Dimethylaminopropyl)-3-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC) and
N-ethyldiisopropylamine (
N,N-diisopropylethylamine) (DIEA, 99
%), thiazolyl blue tetrazolium bromide (MTT, 98%) were from Alfa Aesar (Heysham, England).
N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS, 98%) was from Acros Organics Co. Inc. (Fair Lawn, NJ, USA).
Cy5.5-NHS was from Lumiprobe Corporation (Hallandale Bench, FL, USA). T7-FITC peptide (MW 1395.57 g/mol, FITC-Asp-His-Ala-Ile-Tyr-Pro-Arg-His-OH) and R9-peptide (MW 1422.3 g/mol Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg-OH) were synthesized by Kelowna International Scientific Inc. (Taipei, Taiwan). Polystyrenes (MW 770, 2430, 3700, 13,700, 18,700, 29,300, 44,000, 114,200 g/mol) were from Sigma-Aldrich Co., Ltd. (St. Louis, MO, USA). Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA, 88% hydrolyzed) was from Acros Organics Co. Inc. (Fair Lawn, NJ, USA).
Phosphotungstic acid (PTA) was from Electron Microscopy Sciences (Hatfield, PA, USA). The
bEnd.3 and
U87-MG cell lines were from Bioresource Collection and Research Center (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM) powder was from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Grand Island, NY, USA).
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