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

Table 3

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

Temperature (°C)	100/0 PHBV/PLLA scaffolds (m^2/s)	50/50 PHBV/PLLA scaffolds (m^2/s)	10% nHA in 50/50 PHBV/PLLA scaffolds (m^2/s)
25	51.7×10^−12±1.1×10^−12	0.16×10^−11±0.06×10^−11	0.2×10^−11±0.05×10^−11
37	67.6×10^−12±3.2×10^−12	3.58×10^−11±0.7×10^−11	1.3×10^−11±0.5×10^−11
50	165×10^−12±9.1×10^−12	6.92×10^−11±2×10^−11	5.4×10^−11±1.35×10^−11