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Published in final edited form as: Nanotechnology. 2006 Aug 14;17(15):3880–3891. doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/17/15/045

Table 1.

Tensile testing samples and electrospinning parameters. (Note: DCM: dichloromethane, MtOH: methanol, H2O: water. a: humidity level = 31%–43%. b: humidity level = 68%–72%. The temperature during electrospinning ranged from 20 to 25 °C.)

Sample name	Solvent (volume ratio)	Concentration (wt ratio)	Electrospinning parameters	Tensile test sample size, n
PCLEEP64 6%, a	DCM:MtOH (6:4)	6 wt%	0.3 ml h⁻¹; 6 kV; a	15
PCLEEP64 6%, b	DCM:MtOH (6:4)	6 wt%	0.3 ml h⁻¹; 6 kV; b	12
H2O120	DCM:MtOH (6:4)	6 wt%	0.5 ml h⁻¹; 7 kV; a	18
	H2O:DCM/MtOH (1:20)
H2O140	DCM:MtOH (6:4)	6 wt%	0.4 ml h⁻¹; 6 kV; a	15
	H2O:DCM/MtOH (1:40)
H2O150	DCM:MtOH (6:4)	6 wt%	0.4 ml h⁻¹; 7 kV; a	17
	H2O:DCM/MtOH (1:50)
PCLEEP64 8%	DCM:MtOH (6:4)	8 wt%	0.8 ml h⁻¹; 7 kV; a	16
PCLEEP 12%	DCM	12 wt%	8 ml h⁻¹; 6 kV; a	19
RA0.03	DCM:MtOH (6:4)	6 wt% PCLEEP	0.2 ml h⁻¹; 6.5 kV; b	20
		PCLEEP:RA (99.97:0.03)
RA0.3	DCM:MtOH (6:4)	6 wt% PCLEEP	0.5 ml h⁻¹; 6.5 kV; b	22
		PCLEEP:RA (99.7:0.3)
RA1	DCM:MtOH (6:4)	6 wt% PCLEEP	0.5 ml h⁻¹; 7 kV; a	18
	H2O:DCM/MtOH (1:40)	PCLEEP:RA (99:1)
RA10	DCM:MtOH (6:4)	6 wt% PCLEEP	0.5 ml h⁻¹; 7 kV; a	15

	H2O:DCM/MtOH (1:40)	PCLEEP:RA (90:10)
RA20	DCM:MtOH (6:4)	6 wt% PCLEEP	0.5 ml h⁻¹; 6 kV; a	20
	H2O:DCM/MtOH (1:40)	PCLEEP:RA (80:20)
BSA10	DCM	8 wt% PCLEEP	0.9 ml h⁻¹; 8 kV; a	19
		PCLEEP:BSA (90:10)
BSA20	DCM	8 wt% PCLEEP	0.8 ml h⁻¹; 8 kV; a	17
		PCLEEP:BSA (80:20)
PCL64 8%	DCM:MtOH (6:4)	8 wt%	0.8 ml h⁻¹; 8 kV; a	21
PCL64 10%	DCM:MtOH (6:4)	10 wt%	1.0 ml h⁻¹; 9 kV; a	17
PCL64 12%	DCM:MtOH (6:4)	12 wt%	1.2 ml h⁻¹; 6kV; a	17