Table 2.
Characterization of the P(3HB) and P(3HB-co-3HV) cast films and porous scaffolds in terms of thickness, porosity, water contact angle and swelling in water (SCPL, Solution Casting with Particulate Leaching; n.o., not-observed).
| Biopolymer | Scaffold | Thickness (mm) |
Porosity (%) |
Contact Angle (θ) |
Swelling (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P(3HB) | Cast film | 0.16 ± 0.01 | n.o. | 81.0 ± 0.8 | 0 |
| SCPL | 1.50 ± 0.14 | 54 ± 4 | 72.0 ± 1.2 | 175.0 ± 0.1 | |
| Emulsion | 0.61 ± 0.13 | 27 ± 16 | 79.7 ± 0.7 | 35.3 ± 21.0 | |
| P(3HB-co-3HV) | Cast film | 0.19 ± 0.02 | n.o. | 78.0 ± 0.4 | 0 |
| SCPL | 1.40 ± 0.08 | 63 ± 3 | 80.2 ± 1.1 | 171.0 ± 5.2 | |
| Emulsion | 0.26 ± 0.02 | 49 ± 10 | 72.7 ± 0.1 | 36.2 ± 3.7 |