Table 1 Summary of the mechanical properties of the hydrogels

From: Bridge-rich and loop-less hydrogel networks through suppressed micellization of multiblock polyelectrolytes

Hydrogel

Weight Concentration (wt%)

Molar Concentration (µM)

G´ at a strain of 1%a (Pa)

Crossover strain (%)a

Tri(LM)-PEC hydrogel

3

214

133

147

4.4

314

578

243

7

499

959

131

10

714

1924

211

Tri(SM)-PEC hydrogel

4.4

486

23

6

7

774

335

72

10

1105

1138

77

Penta-PEC hydrogel

3

214

26

30

4.4

314

416

366

7

499

1699

304

10

714

221

433

Nona-PEC hydrogel

3

118

476

319

4.4

173

1557

413

7

275

4065

306

10

392

22,173

614

  1. a Determined by strain amplitude sweep at a fixed frequency of 3 rad s-1.
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