Table 2.

Mechanical Properties of Electrospun CET’s Protein–CS–PEO Nanofibers Before and After GA Vapor and HT Crosslinking

Sample	Ultimate Tensile Strength (MPa)	Ultimate Strain (%)	Young’s Modulus (MPa)
Non-crosslinked
C1	1.72 ± 0.09	55.55 ± 10.47	10.19 ± 0.71
C2	1.30 ± 0.08	29.62 ± 8.63	22.60 ± 4.33
C3	1.29 ± 0.14	12.02 ± 1.0	14.85 ± 1.16
C4	1.27 ± 0.16	6.39 ± 3.31	35.70 ± 3.33
GA vapor crosslinked
C1	5.04 ± 0.09	3.88 ± 0.45	139.94 ± 8.77
C2	2.94 ± 0.57	2.17 ± 0.29	147.57 ± 11.91
C3	5.70 ± 0.06	10.92 ± 0.19	148.12 ± 8.65
C4	4.88 ± 0.14	2.07 ± 0.14	279.61 ± 10.58
HT crosslinked
C3	4.81 ± 0.22	6.69 ± 0.85	90.94 ± 5.78
C4	4.49 ± 0.14	6.42 ± 0.79	94.91 ± 5.30

Abbreviations: GA vapor crosslinked, glutaraldehyde vapor crosslinked; HT crosslinked, heat treatment crosslinked.