Table 3.

Specific compressive properties of silk scaffolds. Mechanical property values are average ± standard deviation; N = 5.

Type of particles	Porogen size	Percentage of silk particles	Specific modulus	Specific yield strength
	μm		kPa · g−1 · cm3	kPa · g−1 · cm3
No particles	210–300	0	205.8 ± 93.7	19.5 ± 8.5
BM-AM	210–300	50	3150.6 ± 215.1	339.3 ± 56.1
BM-AM	210–300	100	3774.6 ± 808.2	685.3 ± 103.7
BM-AM	210–300	200	4616.4 ± 1033.5	648.8 ± 224.5
No particles	500–600	0	232.8 ± 96.3	24.6 ± 7.8
BM-AM	500–600	100	4193.5 ± 17.6	670.6 ± 149.7
BM-AM	500–600	200	5065.5 ± 650.5	663.6 ± 88.9
No particles	850–1000	0	189.2 ± 104.2	21 ± 6.2
BM-AM	850–1000	100	3735.2 ± 649.3	516 ± 59.2
BM-AM	850–1000	200	7722.4 ± 812.6	853.8 ± 179.4
PCR-AM	500–600	100	4055.8 ± 790.8	449.9 ± 49.2
PCR-AM-AJM	500–600	100	3725.4 ± 649.3	435.8 ± 163.9