Table 1. Chemical Composition, Dh Acquired from DLS, and Swelling Ratio, α, Calculated from eq 4 for the EM and EM-RX Nanoparticles Used in This Studya.
monomers/crosslinker |
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code | EA / mol % | MMA / mol % | RC / mol % | Dh in water / nm | Dh in DMF / nm | swelling ratio α |
EM | 65.0 (3.75 g) | 35.0 (2.02 g) | 0 | 77 ± 0.3 | N.A. | N.A. |
EM-R0.001 | 65.0 (3.75 g) | 35.0 (2.02 g) | 0.001 (0.001 g) | 100 ± 0.2 | 373 ± 4.6 | 51.5 |
EM-R0.01 | 65.0 (3.75 g) | 35.0 (2.02 g) | 0.01 (0.007 g) | 82 ± 0.7 | 300 ± 0.2 | 49.3 |
EM-R0.02 | 65.0 (3.75 g) | 35.0 (2.02 g) | 0.02 (0.013 g) | 90 ± 0.2 | 298 ± 0.7 | 36.4 |
EM-R0.05 | 65.0 (3.75 g) | 35.0 (2.02 g) | 0.05 (0.033 g) | 106 ± 0.4 | 336 ± 2.0 | 31.8 |
EM-R0.2 | 64.9 (3.74 g) | 34.9 (2.01 g) | 0.2 (0.130 g) | 100 ± 0.6 | 273 ± 1.6 | 20.0 |
EM-R0.4 | 64.7 (1.87 g) | 34.8 (1.01 g) | 0.4 (0.13 g) | 85 ± 0.2 | 200 ± 0.4 | 13.1 |
Note that Dh for EM-R0.001 and EM-R0.01 in DMF were calculated excluding small size components.