Degradation Behavior of Electrospun PLA and PLA/CNT Nanofibres in Aqueous Environment

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:7.96em"/><col style="width:6.37em"/><col style="width:9.97em"/><col style="width:10.41em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Sample</td><td class="align_center">Wettability, °</td><td class="align_center">Tensile strength, MPa</td><td class="align_center">Young’s modulus, MPa</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">PLA</td><td class="align_center">113.3 ± 1.0</td><td class="align_center">10.6 ± 0.4 (117.8)</td><td class="align_center">686 ± 42 (7622)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">PLA + CNT-OH</td><td class="align_center">106.2 ± 1.4</td><td class="align_center">12.2 ± 0.5 (101.7)</td><td class="align_center">634 ± 17 (5283)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">PLA + f-CNT</td><td class="align_center">108.3 ± 1.4</td><td class="align_center">16.3 ± 2.0 (147.2)</td><td class="align_center">1054 ± 112 (10582)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Characterisation of fibrous mats; the values in brackets correspond to the properties of the nonporous samples.</div>

Journal of Nanomaterials

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Table 2: Degradation Behavior of Electrospun PLA and PLA/CNT Nanofibres in Aqueous Environment 