Table 2. Fabrication conditions of tri-branched, tri-tetra–branched, and tetra-branched gels.
Overlap concentrations c* of tetra-branched prepolymers were taken from (26).
| Type of gel | s (−) | M (g/mol) | N (−) | c (g/liter) | c* (g/liter) | Buffer for PA | Buffer for HS |
| Tri-branched gel | 1 | 10k | 150 | 75 | 61 | PB pH 7.4 25 mM | CPB pH 5.8 25 mM |
| 140 | PB pH 7.4 100 mM | CPB pH 5.8 100 mM | |||||
| 20k | 300 | 75 | Not measured | PB pH 8.0 100 mM | PB pH 7.4 100 mM | ||
| 140 | PB pH 7.4 100 mM | PB pH 7.4 100 mM | |||||
| 240 | PB pH 7.4 100 mM | CPB pH 5.8 100 mM | |||||
| 40k | 610 | 140 | PB pH 8.0 100 mM | PB pH 7.4 100 mM | |||
| Tri-tetra–branched gel | 0.75 | 20k | 280 | 140 | PB pH 7.4 100 mM | CPB pH 5.8 100 mM | |
| 0.5 | 270 | PB pH 7.4 100 mM | CPB pH 5.8 100 mM | ||||
| 0.25 | 250 | PB pH 7.4 100 mM | CPB pH 5.8 100 mM | ||||
| Tetra-branched gel | 0 | 5k | 57 | 140 | 110 (26) | CPB pH 5.8 100 mM | CPB pH 5.8 100 mM |
| 10k | 110 | 70 (26) | PB pH 7.4 100 mM | CPB pH 5.8 100 mM | |||
| 20k | 230 | 40 (26) | PB pH 7.4 100 mM | CPB pH 5.8 100 mM | |||
| 40k | 460 | 15 (26) | PB pH 7.4 50 mM | CPB pH 5.8 50 mM |