. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 28.

Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Mater Res A. 2012 Aug 3;101(2):438–446. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.34344

Table 3.

Transport properties of BSA in alginate/F68/PFOB composite hydrogels.

	Loading Capacity g /g dry polymer	% Release (2 hrs)	D_eff (× 10⁻¹⁰) m²/s	Obj. Fxn
BSA

1% Alginate Only¹⁸	51 ± 4	95 ± 3	0.5 ± 0.10	0.2
1% F68	35 ± 4	88 ± 6	0.6 ± 0.08	0.0
1% F68 + 10% PFOB	27 ± 2^*	76 ± 4^*	0.8 ± 0.04^*	0.1
2% F68	29 ± 1	82 ± 4	0.7 ± 0.05	0.0
2% F68 + 10% PFOB	23 ± 2^*	71 ± 4^*	0.9 ± 0.04^*	0.1

Alginate only was added as a comparison.¹⁸

Statistical difference from sample without PFOB (p ≤ 0.05, n = 6).

^±

Standard deviations are reported.