Table 5.

Solubility of PVA, PLA and Poly(caprolactone) (PCL).

	Good Solubility	Low Solubility	Insoluble
PVA	Water	Ethanol	Other Organic Solvents
PLA	Dioxane, acetonitrile, chloroform, methylene chloride, 1,1,2-trichloroethane and dichloroacetic acid	Ethyl benzene, toluene, acetone and tetrahydrofuran (when cold)	Water, methanol, ethanol, propylene glycol and unsubtituted hydrocarbons
PCL	Chloroform, dichloromethane, carbon tetrachloride, benzene, toluene, cyclohexanone and 2-nitropropane	Acetone, 2-butanone, ethyl acetate, dimethylformamide and acetonitrile	Alcohol, petroleum ether and diethyl ether