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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 6.
Published in final edited form as: Langmuir. 2012 Feb 22;28(9):4396–4403. doi: 10.1021/la3000137

Table 3.

The effects of coating types and solvent types on adsorption rate and adsorption capacity.

Type of
coatings
Uncoated
beads
PMMA-
coated
beads
PMMA-
chitosan-
coated
beads
PMMA-
chitosan-
heparin-coated
beads
Type of
solvents
In
PBS
Time to reach
equilibrium
(min)
N/A 18 30 30
Equilibrium
capacity
(mg/g)
N/A 19.6 17.1 18.2
In
water
Time to reach
equilibrium
(min)
6 47 30 30
Equilibrium
capacity
(mg/g)
16.1 19.1 17.5 18.1