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

Table 2

Diffusion coefficients of thin films at 25°C, 37°C, and 50°C.

Temperature (°C)	100/0 PHBV/PLLA thin films; (m^2/s)	50/50 PHBV/PLLA thin films; (m^2/s)	10% nHA in 50/50 PHBV/PLLA thin films; (m^2/s)
25	3.8×10^−13±1.5×10^−13	2.12×10^−13±0.65×10^−13	2.3×10^−13±0.7×10^−13
37	11.3×10^−13±1.0×10^−13	3.215×10^−13±0.47×10^−13	11.6×10^−13±0.9×10^−13
50	59.3×10^−13±12.0×10^−13	59.8×10^−13±3.53×10^−13	22.9×10^−13±0.8×10^−13