Table 3.
Young’s modulus of biodegradable polymers (El Miri et al., 2015; Naser et al., 2021; Sachan et al., 2021; Zhang et al., 2021; Darge et al., 2022; Ranakoti et al., 2022).
| Biodegradable polymer for MNs | Molecular weight (kDa) | Young’s modulus E (GPa) |
| Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) | 90 | 1.066 |
| Polylactic acid (PLA) | 160 | 0.35–3.5 |
| Poly(l-lactic acid) (PLLA) | 120 | 2.7–4.14 |
| Poly(l-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) | 30–66 | 3–6.04 |
| Poly(d,l-lactic acid) (PDLLA) | 100 | 1–3.45 |
| Poly(glycolide) (PGA) | >30 | 6.0–7.0 |
| PDLLA/PGA (50:50) | 45 | 1–4.34 |
| PDLLA/PGA (75/25) | 66–107 | 1.38–4.13 |
| Poly(caprolactone) | 15 | 0.21–0.44 |
| Chitosan | 135 | 18.8 |