Hydrogels Loaded with Methylene Blue: Sorption-Desorption and Antimicrobial Photoactivation Study

Table 1

Diffusion rate of dye and equilibrium dye concentration at sorption of methylene blue by hydrogel.

Sample	(min^-1)	(min^-1)	(wt. %)	(wt. %)
D20-PAA-0.2	0.10	0.40	4.16	1.46
D20-PAA-0.4	0.08	0.35	3.64	1.59
D20-PAA-0.6	0.07	0.33	2.94	1.61

and : diffusion rate of MB into hydrogel and out of hydrogel; : equilibrium MB concentration in hydrogel at sorption; : equilibrium MB concentration in solution at sorption.