Effects of Chitosan Concentration on the Protein Release Behaviour of Electrospun Poly(-caprolactone)/Chitosan Nanofibers

Table 1

(a) Fiber diameter and (b) pore size calculated for PCL/chitosan nanofibers comparing PCL/chitosan/BSA nanofibers.

(a)

PCL/chitosan; wt.% ratio	Average fiber; diameter (nm)	Coefficient of; deviation (%)	Average fiber; diameter (nm)	Coefficient of; deviation (%)
	Without BSA		With 20 wt.% BSA
8/0.2	82.39	3.73	108.68	5.72
8/0.4	101.69	4.93	123.58	5.37
8/0.6	101.66	4.51	121.54	5.48
8/0.8	131.85	4.45	132.73	5.17
8/1.0	109.01	6.24	159.12	7.66

(b)

PCL/chitosan; wt.% ratio	Average pore; size (nm)	Coefficient of; deviation (%)	Average pore; size (nm)	Coefficient of; deviation (%)
	Without BSA		With 20% BSA
8/0.2	233.62	11.63	462.89	24.97
8/0.4	322.96	12.64	437.28	18.57
8/0.6	423.56	21.42	554.14	34.06
8/0.8	421.61	22.05	621.52	35.79
8/1.0	335.61	19.02	783.77	41.85