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

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:6.85em"/><col style="width:11.31em"/><col style="width:11.31em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Hydrogel</td><td class="align_center">Molar ratios of OH groups of polyglycerol (PG) : COOH groups of crosslinking agents (CG)</td><td class="align_center">Molar compositions of COOH groups of citric acid (CA) and fatty acids (FFAs)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">PG-FFAs</td><td class="align_center">1 : 0.05</td><td class="align_center">100% FFAs</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">PG-CA</td><td class="align_center">1 : 0.45</td><td class="align_center">100% CA</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">PG-(CA, FFAs)</td><td class="align_center">1 : 0.5</td><td class="align_center">90% CA-10% FFAs</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Samples compositions used for the hydrogels synthesis.</div>

International Journal of Polymer Science

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Table 2: Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogels Based on Polyglycerol Crosslinked with Citric and Fatty Acids 