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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 20.
Published in final edited form as: J Control Release. 2009 Mar 31;137(2):152–159. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2009.03.016

Table 1.

Estimation of diffusional exponent (n) and apparent diffusion coefficient (D) for various hydrogel formulations.

% Hydrogels (copolymer:crosslinker) Diffusional exponent (n) Apparent diffusion coefficient (cm2 sec−1) × 10−6
3% (1:1) 0.98 7.44
4% (1:1) 0.88 7.10
5% (1:1) 0.81 6.23
6% (1:1) 0.63 5.87
3% (1:2) 0.89 5.05
4% (1:2) 0.81 4.19
5% (1:2) 0.74 2.91
6% (1:2) 0.57 1.91