Table I.

Pluronic information.

Pluronic	Formulaa	Mw (Da)b	HLBc	CMC (M)d	CMC (wt%)
L31	EO2-PO16-EO2	1100	3.2	N/A
L35	EO11-PO16-EO11	1900	10	5.3 × 10−3	1.007
L61	EO2-PO31-EO2	2000	2.0	1.1 × 10−4	0.022
L44	EO10-PO23-EO10	2200	8	3.6 × 10−3	0.792
L62	EO6-PO35-EO6	2500	4.0	4.0 × 10−4	0.1
L81	EO3-PO43-EO3	2750	2.0	2.3 × 10−5	0.0063
L64	EO13-PO30-EO13	2900	8.0	4.8 × 10−4	0.14
L10	EO4-PO50-EO4	3200	2.0	N/A
L92	EO8-PO50-EO8	3650	4.0	8.8 × 10−5	0.032
L121	EO5-PO68-EO5	4400	2.0	1.0 × 10−6	0.0004
P85	EO26-PO40-EO26	4600	10	6.5 × 10−5	0.03
P123	EO20-PO69-EO20	5750	6.0	4.4 × 10−6	0.0025
F87	EO61-PO40-EO61	7700	24	9.1 × 10−5	0.07

^a,bInformation provided by the manufacturer; PO, propylene oxide; EO, ethylene oxide. Mw: molecular weight; Da: Dalton.

^cInformation calculated based on Mw of PO and EO; HLB: hydrophilic lipophilic balance.

^dCMC, critical micelle concentration; information was adapted from Batrakova et al.[39]. M: molar; wt%: weight percent.