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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Biomater. 2011 Sep 1;8(1):133–143. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2011.08.023

Table 3.

Effect of Autoclave Sterilization on Thermal Properties

Polymer Compositiona Tg (°C) Tm (°C) Tc (°C) ΔHm J/g ΔHc J/g Percent Crystallinity
PCLFDEG −57.2
(−1.4)		 39.4
(2.1)		 13.0
(16.3)		 56.3
(15.6)		 53.6
(14.2)		 41.7
(11.6)
PCLFPPD100 −58.2
(−1.4)		 37.8
(3.5)		 9.3
(8.2)		 44.9
(4.6)		 48.3
(11.3)		 33.2
(4.1)
PCLFPPD75PCLFGLY25 −58.6
(−0.9)		 36.7
(2.4)		 9.7
(8.7)		 44.7
(7.0)		 45.0
(10.7)		 33.1
(5.2)
PCLFPPD50PCLFGLY50 −57.5
(−0.4)		 33.9
(1.8)		 5.2
(8.8)		 38.1
(3.1)		 39.3
(3.1)		 28.2
(2.3)
PCLFPPD25PCLFGLY75 −57.1
(−0.4)		 32.0
(2.1)		 5.2
(11.5)		 43.1
(11.0)		 45.0
(10.1)
 32.0
(8.2)
PCLFGLY100 −56.8
(−0.5)		 24
(1.5)		 −8.2
(4.7)		 34.1
(3.4)		 37.6
(8.0)		 25.3
(2.5)

Thermal characterization of cross-linked PCLF scaffolds after autoclave sterilization. The values measured are shown on top, and the difference between the values measured before and after autoclave sterilization are in ( ).