Table 2.

Ultimate Tensile Strength and Young's Modulus (MegaPascals) of Freshly Made and Noncultured Random and Aligned Electrospun Collagen Scaffolds

ES nanofiber (type)	Noncross-linked/crosslinked	Tensile strength (MPa)	Young's modulus (MPa)
Random collagen	NC	1.16 ± 0.88	32.48 ± 11.84
	CL	1.19 ± 0.63	57.56 ± 28.11
Aligned collagen	NC	4.20 ± 1.81	178.72 ± 78.53
	CL	4.97 ± 2.01	214.76 ± 75.41
Perpendicular to aligned collagen	NC	1.44 ± 0.91	12.15 ± 8.42
	CL	1.51 ± 0.97	39.63 ± 19.27

All mechanical properties expressed as mean ± standard deviation (n = 8).

ES, electrospun; NC, noncrosslinked scaffolds; CL, crosslinked scaffolds; MPa, megapascals.