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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biomaterials. 2009 Mar 31;30(20):3359–3370. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.03.015

Table 2.

Mechanical properties of crosslinked PCLFs and PCLF/HA nanocomposites

Tensile Modulus (MPa) Tensile Strength at Break (MPa) Tensile Strain at Break (%) Compressive Modulus (MPa)
PCLF530/HA 0% 3.31±0.41 1.04±0.19 38.1±4.1 3.18±0.31
PCLF530/HA 5% 4.22±0.05 0.58±0.20 14.3±5.2 4.34±0.22
PCLF530/HA 10% 5.37±0.59 0.68±0.16 13.9±3.9 6.41±0.81
PCLF530/HA 20% 6.82±0.89 1.24±0.43 19.3±6.5 7.27±0.85
PCLF530/HA 30% 12.4±2.76 1.54±0.27 13.6±2.8 11.3±0.77
PCLF2000/HA 0% 115.5±24.8 7.46±0.80 107.0±96.1 11.8±0.53
PCLF2000/HA 5% 237.7±22.5 9.49±0.63 12.8±2.8 14.5±1.23
PCLF2000/HA 10% 295.3±23.4 8.85±0.40 9.7±4.4 13.5±1.31
PCLF2000/HA 20% 444.9±52.2 8.52±0.98 4.2±1.1 16.3±1.23
PCLF2000/HA 30% 667.0±74.5 7.73±1.22 2.1±0.5 14.5±0.77