Research Article
Eggshell Based Nano-Engineered Hydroxyapatite and Poly(lactic) Acid Electrospun Fibers as Potential Tissue Scaffold
Table 1
TGA results for neat PLA and PLA/EnHA electrospun fibers.
| | Samples | Decomposition
Temperature (°C) | Residue
(g) | Tg (°C) | Tm (°C) |
(J/g) |
(J/g) | Xc
(%) | Xp
(%) |
| | Neat PLA | 350.8 | 0.2 | 60.1 | 164.5 | 36.9 | 36.8 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | PLA/ 2.5wt% EnHA | 353.6 | 1.9 | 60.3 | 165.7 | 33.7 | 31.8 | 2.04 | 2.26 | | PLA/5 wt% EnHA | 357.5 | 4.2 | 62.7 | 167.1 | 30.5 | 23.9 | 7.10 | 7.55 | | PLA/10 wt% EnHA | 354.5 | 6.3 | 60.4 | 164.1 | 25.8 | 23.6 | 2.4 | 2.63 |
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