A Novel Approach to Design Chitosan-Polyester Materials for Biomedical Applications

Table 2

Tensile properties of the films of neat PLLA and chitosan-PLLA blends treated in extruder at various temperatures.

Sample	Tensile strength (MPa)	Strain at tensile strength (%)	Modulus of elasticity (GPa)
PLLA	48.0	2.4	2.3
CPL1 (50) fast cooling	51.0	2.0	2.9
CPL1 (100) fast cooling	32.0	1.5	2.3
CPL1 (130) fast cooling	18.3	0.7	2.7
CPL1 (130) annealing	21.3	0.7	3.0
CPL2 (100) fast cooling	40.0	1.6	2.6