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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Biomater. 2019 Apr 4;90:205–216. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2019.04.015

Table 2.

Weight fractions (w), volume fractions (φ), and estimated specific surface area of particles (calculated using particle diameter from Table 1) for solid composite sealants incorporating silica particles.

Solid Sealant Wplga Wpeg wparticle ϕplga ϕpeg ϕparticle Specific Surface Area [m2/g]
PLGA/PEG 0.67 0.33 0 0.64 0.36 0 N/A
P-20 0.50 0.25 0.25 0.54 0.30 0.16 143.0
P-180 0.50 0.25 0.25 0.54 0.30 0.16 15.1
P-620 0.50 0.25 0.25 0.54 0.30 0.16 4.4