Table 3.
Comparison of compressive strength and modulus of degradable polymeric porous sponge scaffolds (modified from [10, 67].
| Porous sponge material | Compression strength (KPa) |
Compression modulus (KPa) |
Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silk fibroin (aqueous) | 11–320 | 70–3330 | [10] |
| Silk fibroin (solvent) | 30–250 | 100–1000 | [67] |
| Collagen | 15 | 150 | [120] |
| Fibroin/collagen composite | 20–354 | 430–30000 | [121] |
| Chitosan | 45 | 750 | [120] |
| Crosslinked Collagen/Chitosan | 30 | 500 | [120] |
| crosslinked Hyaluronan | 0.6 | [122] | |
| Poly(D,L-lactide) | 227–301 | [123] | |
| Poly(lactic acid) | 66–242 | [124] | |
| Poly(lactic acid)/poly(glycolic acid) | 1.0– 20 | [125] | |
| Polyurethane | 40–400 | [126] | |
| Poly(ε-caprolactone) | 44–90 | [123] | |
| Poly(ε-caprolactone/D, L-lactide) | 190–900 | [127] | |
| Poly(1,8-octanediol citrate) | 3.7 | [128] | |
| Poly(propylene fumarate) | 290,000 | [129] |