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. 2018 Jan 26;10(2):128. doi: 10.3390/polym10020128

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(a) Deswelling kinetics of alginate-Ca²⁺/P(NIPAAm-co-EGMA₃₆₀) hydrogel in water at 45 °C from the equilibrium swelling state at 25 °C. (b) Rate analysis of the deswelling properties of the corresponding hydrogels. The monomer ratios of NIPAAm to EGMA₃₆₀ are 20:0, 19.5:0.5, and 18.5:1.5.