. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 28.

Published in final edited form as: Polymer (Guildf). 2012 Sep 28;53(21):4694–4701. doi: 10.1016/j.polymer.2012.08.010

Table 1.

Pre-Polymer Properties

Poly(butyl methacrylate) (PBMA)	Poly(ethyl methacrylate) (PEMA)	Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)
M_W~337,000 Da	M_W~515,000 Da	M_W~120,000 Da
T_g~22.4(±2.5) °C	T_g~72.5(±1.1) °C	T_g~117(±6.0) °C
ρ =1.07 g/mL	ρ =1.11 g/mL	ρ =1.19 g/mL
$n_{D}^{2 S} = 1.4804 (\pm 6 E - 4)$	$n_{D}^{2 S} = 1.4904 (\pm 4 E - 4)$	$n_{D}^{2 S} = 1.4906 (\pm 1 E - 3)$