Water Absorption and Diffusion Characteristics of Nanohydroxyapatite (nHA) and Poly(hydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyvalerate-) Based Composite Tissue Engineering Scaffolds and Nonporous Thin Films

Table 1

Average pore diameter, porosity, and contact angle of the scaffold.

Scaffold	Average pore diameter (𝜇m)	Porosity %	Contact angle
100/0 PHBV/PLLA	290	75±2.0	103±1.6
50/50 PHBV/PLLA	271	77±1.5	98±2.5
10% nHA in 50/50; PHBV/PLLA	250	72±3.0	83±1.5