Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate

**Definition:** A network of cross-linked hydrophilic macromolecules used in biomedical applications fabricated by photopolymerization of polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate. Its general formulae is C3H5C(O)(OCH2CH2)nOC(O)C3H5 where n denotes a number of average polyglycol (OCH2CH2) repeats.

**Tree numbers:** - D02.033.455.250.700.485 - D05.750.219.500 - D05.750.741.485 - D20.280.320.609.500 - D25.720.532.500 - D25.720.741.485 - D26.255.165.320.375.375 - J01.637.051.720.584.500 - J01.637.051.720.741.485

**Synonyms:** - Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate Hydrogel - PEGDMA Hydrogel - PEG-DMA Hydrogel