| DL | drug loading; |
| DMAM | N,N-Dimethylacrylamide; |
| DSC | Differential scanning calorimetry; |
| DXP | Dexamethasone sodium phosphate; |
| EDX | Energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy; |
| EE | entrapment efficiency; |
| ESR | Equilibrium swelling ratio; |
| HCHPK | 1-Hydroxycyclohexyl phenyl ketone; |
| HEMA | 2-Hydroxyethyl methacrylate; |
| IPNs | Interpenetrating polymer networks; |
| PDMAM | poly(N,N′-dimethylacrylamide); |
| PEGDA | poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate; |
| PHEMA | poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate); |
| poly(HEMA-co-VP) | poly[(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate)-co- vinylpyrrolidone]; |
| PVA | poly(vinyl alcohol); |
| PVP | polyvinyl pyrrolidone; |
| SEM | Scanning electron microscopy; |
| SNs | Single networks; |
| SR | Swelling ratios; |
| Tg | glass transition; |
| TMDSC | Temperature-modulated differential scanning calorimetry; |
| VP | vinylpyrrolidone; |
| XRD | X-ray diffraction; |