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. 2018 Jun 1;6(7):9037–9046. doi: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b01371

Table 1. Composition and Calculated Network Parameters for the LIG-Based Hydrogels.

		Weight ratio^a		Composition (%) (w/w)^a			Network parameters
Hydrogel	Mw PEG	LIG/GAN	LIG/PEG	LIG	GAN	PEG	ϕ	M_c (Equi) (kDa)	χ	V_e × 10^–19
LIG14K	14,000	1.5	1.3	41.1	27.4	31.6	0.15	70.0	0.55	0.96
LIG10K	10,000	1.4	1.1	38.1	27.2	34.7	0.17	40.9	0.56	1.59
LIG400	400	0.9	0.5	24.3	27.0	48.6	0.21	18.4	0.57	3.59
LIGGLY	–^b	0.5	–	–	–	–	0.17	46.5	0.56	1.54

^a

Calculated using solid-state ¹³C NMR measurements.

^b

LIGGLY hydrogels contain GLY instead of PEG.