. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Jul 14.

Published in final edited form as: Macromol Biosci. 2005 Jul 14;5(7):629–635. doi: 10.1002/mabi.200500029

Table 1.

Characteristics of poly(NIPAAm-HEMA-lactate-co-AAc) copolymers.

N	Feed ratio (mol %)			Mol ratio (mol %)			Gel Temperature (^oC)^a)		MW (×10⁻⁵)
N	NIPAAm	HEMA – lactate	Acrylic acid	NIPAAm	HEMA – lactate	Acrylic Acid	DSC	Rheology	MW (×10⁻⁵)
1	84	10	6	84.4	9.4 (dp=2.3)	6.2 ± 0.1	33.6 ± 0.3	34	2.3
2	79	15	6	81.7	12.3 (dp=2.3)	6.0 ± 0.1	26.8 ± 0.4	28	2.4
3	74	20	6	75.8	18.5 (dp=2.3)	5.7 ± 0.1	22.4 ± 0.2	24	1.6
4	79	15	6	80.8	13.5 (dp=2.5)	5.8 ± 0.1	26.9 ± 0.3	24	7.8
5	70	20	10	71	19.2 (dp=2.3)	9.8 ± 0.1	27.1 ± 0.6	28	1.1
6	74	20	6	73.6	20.0(dp=2.3)	6.4 ± 0.1	23.6 ± 1.0	22	0.4

^a)

Each copolymer was prepared in 0.1M Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS) at the concentration of 21 wt.-% except copolymer 6 (25 wt.-%).