Preparation and Characterization of Nanoporous Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose Hydrogel Beads

Table 2

The morphology properties of NaCMC hydrogels.

Hydrogel	Average granule density; (number of granule/cm^2)	Average granule size; (nm)	Average pore size; (nm)	Average pore density; (number of pore/cm^2)
NaCMC-1	9.1 × 10^11  ± 0.2	66.7 ± 0.9	237.8 ± 15.4	1.4 × 10^9  ± 0.4
NaCMC-4	9.4 × 10^11  ± 0.2	62.1 ± 0.9	189.8 ± 12.2	2.3 × 10^9  ± 0.4
NaCMC-5	9.2 × 10^11  ± 0.4	45.7 ± 0.8	183.6 ± 9.2	8.8 × 10^9  ± 0.5
NaCMC-8	10.5 × 10^11  ± 0.4	25.8 ± 0.5	125.2 ± 7.2	18.8 × 10^9  ± 0.5
NaCMC-9	19.1 × 10^11  ± 0.5	30.4 ± 0.2	129.6 ± 5.7	19.4 × 10^9  ± 0.6
NaCMC-12	21.2 × 10^11  ± 0.5	13.1 ± 0.3	82.1 ± 3.2	20.2 × 10^9  ± 0.6