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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Polym Mater. 2019 Aug 26;69(16):1054–1068. doi: 10.1080/00914037.2019.1655750

Table 1.

Characteristics of PLA-PEG-PLA copolymer determined using proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and gel permeation chromatography.

NMR GPC
Copolymer Mwa Mnb Mwc Mnd Polydispersitye (Mwc/Mnd)
PLA-PEG-PLA 4500 4660 5022 4339 1.147

Mwa: Theoretical molecular weight of copolymer

Mnb: Number average molecular weight determined by NMR

Mwc: Weight average molecular weight determined by GPC

Mnd: Number average molecular weight determined by GPC

Polydispersity indexe: Determined by GPC