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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 16.
Published in final edited form as: Biomaterials. 2016 Mar 12;93:95–105. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2016.03.017

Table 4.

M̄c and mesh size calculations based on swelling and rheoloqical data.

Model M̄c (g/mol)* ξ (nm)*
Peppas/Merrill [31] - Affine (Q)a 299,030 377
Erman [32] – Phantom (Q)a 388,940 430
Mooney [33] – Affine (G′)b 247,750 343
Erman [32] – Phantom (G′)b 123,880 242
*

M̄c - molecular weight between crosslinks

+

ξ - mesh size of 1% HyA gel calculated according to [34]

a

M̄c calculated from mass swelling data

b

M̄c calculated from rheology data