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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Mater Res A. 2011 Jul 25;99(1):16–28. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.33158

Table 1.

Pore size (mean ± SD, N=15) and wall thickness (mean±SD, N=15) of mechanically reinforced silk sponges (Pore size: 210 – 300 μm).

Samples (Pore size: 210 – 300 μm) Pore size (μm) Wall thickness (μm)
Dry (by SEM) Hydrated (by CLSM) Dry (by SEM) Hydrated (by CLSM)
1:0 266.4 ± 26.5 248.8 ± 22.1 6.6 ± 3.3 8.1 ±1.9
1:1 265.9 ± 27.0 265.4 ± 20.6 15.8 ± 4.3 15.2 ± 3.6
1:2 262.6 ± 26.5 288.2 ± 25.4 22.2 ± 11.4 24.7 ± 5.2
2:0 258.8 ± 37.2 266.6 ± 21.9 16.1 ± 7.8 17.0 ± 5.8
2:1 270.1 ± 22.8 267.4 ± 17.2 24.9 ± 12.8 23.4 ± 9.5