Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogels Based on Polyglycerol Crosslinked with Citric and Fatty Acids

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:5.59em"/><col style="width:9.44em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Fatty acid</td><td class="align_center">Area percentage (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Palmitic</td><td class="align_center">9.08</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Stearic</td><td class="align_center">8.12</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Oleic</td><td class="align_center">32.14</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Linoleic</td><td class="align_center">36.31</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Linolenic</td><td class="align_center">3.56</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Eicosenoic</td><td class="align_center">4.06</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Others</td><td class="align_center">6.71</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Composition of fatty acids used as crosslinking agent. Characterization was made using a gas chromatography system (Agilent Technologies 6890 series), coupled to a FID detector, using an Agilent DB23 column and SUPELCO 38 FAMES as standards.</div>

International Journal of Polymer Science

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Table 1: Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogels Based on Polyglycerol Crosslinked with Citric and Fatty Acids 