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Table 4.

T_g, and δ of β-carotene and polymer blocks (Δδ_PEG = δ_polymer - δ_PEG, and Δδ_β= δ_polymer - δ_β)

Polymer	β-carotene	PEG (5K)	PS (10K)	PCL(12K)	PLA(10K)	PLGA(10K)
T_g (°C)	--	−64^a	98^b	−60^c	34^d	39^e
δ_polymer or δ_β (MPa^1/2)^f	17.8	21.4	18.8	20.4	21.3	22.5
\|Δδ_PEG\| (MPa^1/2)	3.6	0	2.6	1.0	0.1	1.1
\|Δδ_β\| (MPa^1/2)	0	3.6	1.0	2.6	3.5	4.7

Reference [38]

Reference [39]

Reference [40]

Fit the data in Table I from Reference [41]

Read the data from Figure 7 in Reference [42]

Calculated with the Hoye method [31]