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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 2.

Pore size (mean ± SD, N=15) and wall thickness (mean±SD, N=15) of mechanically reinforced silk sponges (Pore size: 500 – 600 μm).

Samples (Pore size: 500 – 600 μm) Pore size (μm) Wall thickness (μm)
Dry (by SEM) Hydrated (by CLSM) Dry (by SEM) Hydrated (by CLSM)
1:0 588.3 ± 38.4 518.8 ± 78.3 17.0±7.7 16.4 ± 3.4
1:1 540.7 ± 38.5 525.4 ± 41.4 28.0±12.5 29.9 ± 9.8
1:2 549.8 ± 50.0 528.0 ± 48.1 42.3±23.7 42.9 ± 10.7
2:0 515.4 ± 26.5 529.3 ± 38.0 31.3±16.9 32.8 ± 10.9
2:1 532.5 ± 45.0 524.4 ± 47.4 39.9±20.6 41.1 ± 10.3