Equilibrium Swelling of Biocompatible Thermo-Responsive Copolymer Gels
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Model
2.1. Swelling on Homopolymer Gels
2.2. Swelling of Copolymer Gels
2.2.1. Gels with Strong Hydrophobic Interactions
2.2.2. Gels with Weak Hydrophobic Interactions
3. Fitting of Experimental Data
3.1. N-Substituted Polyacrylamide Homo- and Copolymer Gels
3.2. Poly(N-Vinyl Caprolactam) Homo- and Copolymer Gels
3.3. Poly(Methyl Vinyl Ether) Homopolymer Gels
3.4. Poly(-Dimethylaminoethyl Methacrylate) Homo- and Copolymer Gels
3.5. Poly(2-Oxazoline) Homo- and Copolymer Gels
3.6. Poly(2-(2-Methoxyethoxy) Ethyl Methacrylate) and Poly(Oligo(Ethylene Glycol) Methyl Ether Methacrylate) Copolymer Gels
4. Discussion and Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Drozdov, A.D. Equilibrium Swelling of Biocompatible Thermo-Responsive Copolymer Gels. Gels 2021, 7, 40. https://doi.org/10.3390/gels7020040
Drozdov AD. Equilibrium Swelling of Biocompatible Thermo-Responsive Copolymer Gels. Gels. 2021; 7(2):40. https://doi.org/10.3390/gels7020040
Chicago/Turabian StyleDrozdov, Aleksey D. 2021. "Equilibrium Swelling of Biocompatible Thermo-Responsive Copolymer Gels" Gels 7, no. 2: 40. https://doi.org/10.3390/gels7020040