Table 3. Analysis of SFMA-Containing Hydrogels’ Mechanical Propertiesa.
| SFMA content (wt %) | 10 | 20 | 30 |
| compressive stress at break (kPa) | 122 ± 45 | 434 ± 128 | 910 ± 127 |
| compressive strain at break (%) | 69.5 ± 0.5 | 77.7 ± 3.3 | 80 ± 5.1 |
| compressive elastic modulus at 50% strain (kPa) | 17.7 ± 0.3 | 47.8 ± 4.8 | 125.8 ± 34 |
| tensile stress at break (kPa) | ND | 52 ± 4.3 | 75 ± 7.5 |
| elongation at break (%) | ND | 77.6 ± 3.8 | 124.2 ± 41 |
| tensile elastic modulus at 50% strain (kPa) | ND | 9.7 ± 1.0 | 14.5 ± 2.9 |
| water content at 5 h from dried SFMA (%) | 4580 ± 480 | 2026 ± 202 | 1059 ± 121 |
| expansion rate at 5 h (%) | 175.2 ± 6.1 | 150.0 ± 0.9 | 145.4 ± 2.4 |
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ND indicates no significant difference. The original manuscript used Sil-MA abbreviation, whereas in this paper, we use coherent SFMA abbreviation instead. Reprinted with permission under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 License from ref (24). Copyright 2018 Springer Nature.