Research Article

Engineered Hybrid Scaffolds of Poly(vinyl alcohol)/Bioactive Glass for Potential Bone Engineering Applications: Synthesis, Characterization, Cytocompatibility, and Degradation

Table 2

Compression yield strength, deformation at yield stress, and elastic compression modulus for PVA/BaG/GA hybrids.

[GA]Yield strength (MPa)Deformation at yield stress (%)Elastic compression modulus (MPa)

0% 2 . 3 ± 0 . 9 7 . 5 ± 0 . 3 0 . 6 ± 0 . 2
1.0% 6 . 7 ± 3 . 3 9 . 1 ± 2 . 9 0 . 8 ± 0 . 1
5.0% 9 . 1 ± 0 . 3 1 4 . 6 ± 1 . 1 0 . 8 ± 0 . 1
5.0%-NH4OH 7 . 5 ± 1 . 1 9 . 9 ± 0 . 9 1 . 0 ± 0 . 1
Maximum stress for trabecular bone [30, 36]2–12 MPa