Research Article

Potential of Electrospun Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)/Collagen Blends for Tissue Engineering Applications

Table 4

Tensile properties of electrospun meshes: elastic modulus (), stress at break (), and elongation at break () as a function of the PHB/Coll ratio (mean ± SD, ).

PHB/Coll (w/w) (MPa) (MPa) (%)

100/0258.3 ± 7.97.7 ± 0.329.6 ± 7.5
70/30116.0 ± 23.3a4.7 ± 0.8a13.5 ± 1.3a
50/50225.4 ± 42.57.7 ± 1.419.6 ± 2.4a

aSignificant difference from PHB/Coll 100/0 ().