Table 1.

Mechanical characteristics of electrospun sheets

Sample	PCL	20% NP	50% NP	80% NP
Young’s modulus (Mpa)	3.73 ± 0.59	10.32 ± 0.41#	16.80 ± 1.33#,&	23.14 ± 1.76#,&,†
Tensile strength (Mpa)	1.742 ± 0.437	10.970 ± 2.116#	3.683 ± 0.444#,&	2.348 ± 0.346&,†
Elongation at break (%)	118.970 ± 28.826	59.052 ± 16.226#	32.490 ± 18.712#	10.680 ± 4.685#,&

^#compared with PCL electrospun sheets, P < 0.01;

^&compared with 20% NP electrospun sheets, P < 0.01;

^†compared with 50% NP electrospun sheets, P < 0.01;

Data are mean ± SEM of five experiments.