User:Allison K. Alix/Notebook/CHEM-581/2013/01/30

Objective

Begin hydrogel formation using freeze-thaw method for the design of a system that allows for the oral delivery of insulin.

Description

Procedure

Dissolve 0.5g PVOH of the following molecular weights in 6mL of H₂O @ 95°C :

a) 22,000 (MP Biomedicals)

b) 89,000-98,000 99+% hydrolysis(Aldrich Chemistry)

c) 130,000 99+% hydrolysis(Aldrich Chemistry)

d) 146,000-186,000 99+% hydrolysis(Aldrich Chemistry)

-Make 2 samples of each different Molecular Weight.

Data

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References

http://jtc.sagepub.com/content/early/2011/12/26/0892705711430857.full.pdf+html http://www.kirj.ee/public/proceedings_pdf/2009/issue_1/proc-2009-1-63-66.pdf