. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Mater Res A. 2015 Mar 27;103(9):3101–3106. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.35450

TABLE I.

Uniaxial Mechanical Properties of Electrospun Scaffolds Fabricated on Conical and Cylindrical Mandrels

	Ultimate Tensile Strength (MPa)	Breaking Strain (%)	Suture Retention Strength (N mm⁻²)
Conical mandrel (circumferential)	16.2 ± 1.6^a	173 ± 18^e	71.4 ± 2.6^h
Cylindrical mandrel (circumferential)	12.2 ± 0.9^b	151 ± 22^e	69.4 ± 9.5^h
Conical mandrel (radial)	3.3 ± 1.3^c	240 ± 37^f	64.9 ± 6.2^h
Cylindrical mandrel (radial)	6.4 ± 1.1^d	431 ± 40^g	102 ± 8.4ⁱ

Significance between groups (p<0.05) within each measured parameter is indicated by a unique letter.