Table 4. Mechanical and physical properties of all four scaffolds.
| Fibre diameter (μm) | Pore diameter (μm) | Variance in fibre diameter along fibre (%) | Scaffold thickness (μm) | Porosity (%) | Ultimate tensile strength (MPa) | Failure strain (%) | Contact angle at 0.2s (°) | Stiffness (MPa) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–5% | 5–10% | |||||||||
| S | 1.64 ± 0.18 | 8.4 ± 3.7 | 1.23 | 140 ± 9.4 | 91.0 ± 1.6 | 1.08 ± 0.17 | 843 ± 143 | 110.8 ± 7.7 | 4.10 ± 0.33 | 2.17 ± 0.25 |
| M | 2.95 ± 0.16 | 14.7 ± 4.8 | 0.83 | 336 ± 36.9 | 89.6 ± 2.4 | 1.50 ± 0.09 | 1202 ± 62 | 128.2 ± 4.0 | 6.50 ± 0.72 | 2.99 ± 0.46 |
| L | 3.37 ± 0.27 | 16.4 ± 6.7 | 2.28 | 549 ± 33.8 | 83.9 ± 1.1 | 1.55 ± 0.16 | 1071 ± 21 | 129.1 ± 2.5 | 5.80 ± 0.36 | 3.16 ± 0.48 |
| XL | 4.83 ± 0.49 | 23.3 ± 9.0 | 2.83 | 598 ± 59.6 | 83.3 ± 0.9 | 1.26 ± 0.06 | 855 ± 120 | 131.5 ± 1.1 | 5.77 ± 0.39 | 3.66 ± 0.28 |