Figure 5.

Mechanical characterization of nanofibrous mats. (A) Representative tensile stress–strain curves. The stress is calculated according to eq 1 for obtaining reliable mechanical properties. (B) Examples of application of the data fitting model according to eq 2. (C) Comparison between the elastic modulus calculated from linear regression of stress–strain curves (same values reported in Figure 6C, first bar set) and on the basis of (a–c) parameters (E₀, second bar set).