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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 9.
Published in final edited form as: ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2017 Jan 12;9(3):2169–2180. doi: 10.1021/acsami.6b15009

Table 3.

Scaffold characterization*

Samples Porosity
(%)
Pore
size
(μm)
Tensile strength
(MPa)
Initial modulus
(MPa)
Strain at peak stress
(%)
Instant
recovery
(%)
Dry state Wet state Dry state Wet state Dry state Wet state
PU-PVCL6K 90±2 58±34 2.13±0.20a 2.50±0.36a 3.14±0.52a 3.47±0.24a 219±24a 250±13a 100±1
PU-PEG1K-PVCL6K 93±2 54±26 1.08±0.16b 0.31±0.03b 1.91±0.13b 0.60±0.14b 253±13a 209±36a 100±1
PU-PEG2K-PVCL6K 94±3 64±39 0.42±0.05c 0.07±0.01c 1.19±0.33c 0.19±0.08c 82±25b 91±32b 98±1
*a, b, and c

denote significantly difference for each group and each characteristic.