“…The explanation is given in terms of the internal pressure of the liquid solvent, π, which is directly linked to the solubility parameter (π ≈ δ 2 ). The solute is thought to behave like a gas being compressed to its liquid-like volume by the internal pressure 52 poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate) (PE-co-VA), 54 poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF), 68,70 low-density polyethylene (PE), 51 poly(ethyl methacrylate) 53 (PEMA), poly(dimethyl siloxane) (PDMS), 57,62,66,67,69 poly-(tetrafluoroethylene-co-perfluoromethylvinylether) (PTFE-co-MVE), 70 poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (PTFE), 70 poly(p-phenylene sulfide) (PPS), 65 poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), 64 poly(benzyl methacrylate) (PB-MA), 55 poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), 63 and cross-linked poly-(ethylene oxide) (XLPEO, this work). The line corresponds to the prediction of eq 15.…”