. 2014 Mar 28;20(17-18):2434–2445. doi: 10.1089/ten.tea.2013.0645

Table 1.

Tensile Testing of Porous and Nonporous Scaffolds

Scaffold	Tensile strength (MPa)	Strain
100% PCL—No pores	4.25±0.96	0.44±0.20^a
100% PCL—Pores	4.32±0.50	0.62±0.03
50/50 col/PCL—No pores	2.87±0.75	1.09±0.25
50/50 col/PCL—Pores	2.90±0.70	1.30±0.15
70/30 col/PCL—No pores	2.17±0.33^a	1.14±0.14^a
70/30 col/PCL—Pores	1.40±0.32	0.56±0.16

Stress/strain values were calculated from tensile testing performed on scaffolds. Three different scaffold compositions, with or without pores, were evaluated. Values represent the means and standard deviation from six distinct scaffolds per group.

^{^a}

Represents p<0.05 compared with porous scaffolds of the same scaffold formulation.

PCL, poly(ɛ-caprolactone).