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. 2023 Jun 16;39(26):9262–9272. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c01226

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
     
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
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Note that Dh for EM-R0.001 and EM-R0.01 in DMF were calculated excluding small size components.