Table 6.

Average bathochromic shifts of pyrene absorption bands (λ_em ~350 nm) upon hybridization of pyrene-functionalized ONs with complementary DNA/RNA targets.^a

	Average Δλmax (nm)
B=	X		Y		Q		S		V		L9b
	+DNA	+RNA	+DNA	+RNA	+DNA	+RNA	+DNA	+RNA	+DNA	+RNA	+DNA	+RNA
	0.6±1.8	0.6±1.3	3.4±1.1	2.6±0.9	5.0±0.8	2.3±1.7	2.8±1.0	2.0±1.8	4.5±0.6	4.5±1.3	2.5±1.0	1.0±0.8

^aValues are averages of measurements ‘performed for B1-B5 at 5 °C (Q/S/V), 7 °C (X/Y) or room temperature (L)^9b. Buffer conditions are as for thermal denaturation experiments. “±” denotes standard deviation. For full data set, see Table S5 and S6.