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New radiopaque polyHEMA-based hydrogel particles.

New iodine-containing polymeric hydrogel particles were prepared by suspension radical copolymerization of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA), 3-(methacryloylamidoacetamido)-2,4,6-triiodobenzoic acid (MABA) and ethylene dimethacrylate (EDMA) in an aqueous medium using azobisisobutyronitrile as an initiator and magnesium hydroxide as a suspension stabilizer. To impart porosity to the product, cyclohexanol and 1-dodecanol were added as inert diluents to the polymerization mixture. Particles containing 27 wt % iodine produced radiopacity sufficient to observe a clearly visible X-ray image. The equilibrium swelling behavior of the particles in water was characterized. Swelling of the particles dramatically increased by converting the acid groups of MABA into their Na+ form. The more MABA the copolymer particle contain, the higher is their swelling in the Na+ form.[1]

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  1. New radiopaque polyHEMA-based hydrogel particles. Horák, D., Metalová, M., Rypácek, F. J. Biomed. Mater. Res. (1997) [Pubmed]
 
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