. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 1.

Published in final edited form as: Langmuir. 2010 Aug 3;26(15):12953–12961. doi: 10.1021/la101841a

Table 1.

Summary of the examined (PEO)_m/2(PPO)_n(PEO)_m/2 triblock copolymers. m: the total unit number of EO; n, the total unit number of PO; HLB: hydrophile-lipophile balance, a high HLB value indicates a more hydrophilic polymer while a low HLB value indictates a more lipophilic polymer; PDI: polydispersity index.

Poloxamers	M_W (g/mol)	m	n	PO/EO	HLB	PDI
P188	8400	80	27	2/8	29	1.08
P388	14600	141	44	2/8	27	1.15
P407	12600	101	56	3/7	22	1.22
P181	1750	2	32	9/1	3	1.18