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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 7.
Published in final edited form as: Biomed Microdevices. 2009 Apr;11(2):379–387. doi: 10.1007/s10544-008-9244-x

Table 2.

Solubility of selected biomedical, polymers in solvents of Table 1

Celllulose acetate (CA) Polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) Teflon AF 2400 (TAF)
90% N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP):H2O, v/v 90% N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP):H2O, v/v Flurinert FC-77
Glycerol formal Glycerol formal Flurinert FC-40
90% glycerol formal: 10% H2O, v/v 90% glycerol formal:H2O, v/v Hexa-fluro benzene
90% Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO):10% H2O, v/v 90% Dimethyl sulfoxide DMSO):10% H2O, v/v –
Tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (THFA) Tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (THFA) –
Ethylene glycol dimethyl ether (EGDE) 90%Tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (THFA): 10% H2O, v/v –
Ethyl lactate (EtL) Ethylene glycol dimethyl ether (EGDE) –
– Ethyl lactate (EtL) –

LiPc is not detectably soluble in these solvents