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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Microsc Res Tech. 2010 Sep;73(9):845–856. doi: 10.1002/jemt.20856

Table 1.

Hydrolysis kinetics of various ketalized PEI at different temperatures and pHs

Polymer Degree of
ketalization (%)
Half-lives (h)
37 °C 25 °C

pH 5.0 pH 7.4 pH 5.0 pH 7.4
KL-PEI 34 1.5 19.8 3.8 126
KB-PEI 37 2.8 32.1 4.7 172