Table 3: Physical properties of hydrogel sheets.

Hydrogel type Transmittance (%) Swelling (%) Na+ ion permeability
[Pion 10-6(mm2/min)]
Blank sheet 98.3 ± 0.05 78.50 ± 0.99 6.38 ± 0.19
DL-50 98.1 ± 0.10 77.61 ± 1.10 5.75 ± 0.25
DL-100 97.6 ± 0.08 76.49 ± 1.39 5.14 ± 0.37
DL-150 97.3 ± 0.09 75.22 ± 1.47 4.67 ± 0.26
EC-50% 86.9 ± 0.25 76.30 ± 0.84 4.16 ± 0.61
EC-70% 78.8 ± 0.55 70.72 ± 0.78 3.76 ± 0.35
EC-85% 62.4 ± 0.70 62.82 ± 0.84 2.06 ± 0.57