Table 2.

Mechanical properties of SF/P(LLA-CL) blended nanofibrous scaffolds with various blended ratios before and after treatment with 75% (v/v) ethanol vapor as well as in wet state. Data are representatives of three independent experiments and all data are used as means ± SD.

SF/P(LLA-CL) weight ratio			Average specimen thickness (mm)	Average elongation at break (%)	Average tensile strength (MPa)
100:0	Dry	Untreated	0.050 ± 0.005	3.85 ± 0.30	2.72 ± 0.60
		Treated	0.054 ± 0.005	4.50 ± 0.80	6.39 ± 0.78
	Wet		—	—	—
75:25	Dry	Untreated	0.082 ± 0.006	98.86 ± 16.98	5.28 ± 1.25
		Treated	0.055 ± 0.006	47.95 ± 13.07	5.28 ± 0.37
	Wet		0.070 ± 0.002	90.93 ± 5.89	2.25 ± 0.30
50:50	Dry	Untreated	0.075 ± 0.004	168.75 ± 29.70	5.62 ± 1.61
		Treated	0.078 ± 0.002	132.90 ± 16.03	5.96 ± 0.29
	Wet		0.088 ± 0.003	215.75 ± 14.60	4.98 ± 0.42
25:75	Dry	Untreated	0.078 ± 0.008	279.67 ± 34.98	10.60 ± 2.45
		Treated	0.082 ± 0.005	232.79 ± 33.99	12.59 ± 1.11
	Wet		0.072 ± 0.003	369.16 ± 33.57	9.32 ± 1.03
0:100	Dry	Untreated	0.088 ± 0.005	458.83 ± 19.35	6.29 ± 1.30
		Treated	—	—	—
	Wet		0.068 ± 0.004	479.11 ± 50.18	5.04 ± 0.72