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1. Experimental details for ICP-OES measurements; 1.1. Instrumental and operating conditions; 1.2.Solutions and Reagents; 1.3. Microwave assisted acid digestion; 1.4. Calibration curve 2. Experimental details for biocompatibility investigations of PCL/SeNPs; 2.1. Cell culture; 2.2.Determining citotoxicity of samples - MTT assay; 2.3. Determination of intracellular reactive oxygen species formation – DCFH-DA assay; 2.4. DNA damage (comet assay) Figure 1. SEM image of blank PCL microspheres Figure 2. XRD pattern of commercial PGA used in experiments Figure 3. Interaction with PCL/SeNPs in vivo by infiltrating cells. PCL/SeNPs (4mg/animal) were injected into sterile polyvinyl sponges implanted subcutaneously. The infiltrating cells were collected from the sponges after 3h and stained to anti-CD45/IgG Alexa 488 (Green) and Syto59 nuclear stain. PCL/SeNPs were detected as brightly scattering particles sized about 1-4 μm after 546nm laser excitation either intracellularly within granulocytes (A) or extracellularly (B). Note that some cells expressed strongly CD45 on the membrane and the cytoplasm, whereas others displayed a weak membrane expression and a strong expression in the granular ER at the nucleus level. Table 1. Melting temperatures Tm and corresponding enthalpies (heat) of fusion ΔHf of PCL/SeNPs samples taken after different time from different degradation mediums Table 2. Melting temperatures and corresponding enthalpies of PCL/SeNPs samples taken after different degradation periods from P. aeruginosa CFE medium