Carmellose Mucoadhesive Oral Films Containing Vermiculite/Chlorhexidine Nanocomposites as Innovative Biomaterials for Treatment of Oral Infections

Table 4

Mechanical properties of prepared mucoadhesive oral films.

Sample	Tensile testing			Puncture testing
	Tensile strength (N)	Tensile work (mJ)	Elongation (mm)	Puncture strength (N)	Puncture work (mJ)	Deformation (mm)
C	24.31 ± 0.60	325.00 ± 30.62	28.27 ± 3.49	15.40 ± 1.11	29.02 ± 2.90	4.92 ± 0.17
C-T	33.79 ± 0.57	176.70 ± 1.67	5.30 ± 0.05	23.52 ± 0.62	28.64 ± 1.15	2.79 ± 0.12
10CHDAC	27.63 ± 3.31	317.71 ± 39.35	19.19 ± 1.52	15.29 ± 0.96	22.58 ± 1.36	3.60 ± 0.04
10CHDAC-T	40.14 ± 1.42	156.28 ± 15.31	4.66 ± 0.04	22.65 ± 1.14	28.44 ± 1.58	2.20 ± 0.12
20CHDAC	32.34 ± 2.25	332.64 ± 34.28	15.47 ± 0.79	14.34 ± 0.64	19.96 ± 0.91	2.72 ± 0.04
20CHDAC-T	42.39 ± 1.23	116.14 ± 13.59	3.20 ± 0.02	21.08 ± 0.59	33.42 ± 0.65	1.76 ± 0.03
10CHDG	24.40 ± 1.61	299.96 ± 10.18	21.39 ± 0.37	13.98 ± 1.70	22.35 ± 3.20	3.65 ± 0.23
10CHDG-T	38.09 ± 0.37	167.28 ± 31.11	4.80 ± 0.23	23.29 ± 1.07	28.84 ± 2.55	2.45 ± 0.02
20CHDG	21.98 ± 2.72	227.15 ± 46.96	14.65 ± 2.27	12.41 ± 0.48	18.88 ± 1.22	2.77 ± 0.11
20CHDG-T	38.06 ± 1.44	136.70 ± 20.64	3.97 ± 0.51	18.67 ± 1.52	28.76 ± 1.42	1.89 ± 0.01