Evaluation of Sterilisation Techniques for Regenerative Medicine Scaffolds Fabricated with Polyurethane Nonbiodegradable and Bioabsorbable Nanocomposite Materials

Table 2

Summary of gel permeation chromatography (GPC) results. Molecular weight () and molecular number () values of POSS-PCL and POSS-PCU after different sterilisation techniques.

Sterilisation Method		Control	Bleach (SDIC)	Ethanol	Ethylene Oxide	Gamma	Plasma	Antibiotic/Antimycotic	Autoclaving	UV
Mass-average Molecular Weight (Mw) (g/mol)	POSS-PCL	361100	350900	356100	276300	151200	358600	391600	174600	365400
	POSS-PCU	91200	92000	89400	112200	135000	90800	92700	88300	93800
Number-average Molecular Weight (Mn) (g/mol)	POSS-PCL	141000	137600	111300	97500	44700	113300	160800	88100	155300
	POSS-PCU	47700	46300	47200	34200	40000	46700	46200	45500	46200