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

Table 4

Physical parameters of mats after incubation in water calculated from DSC curves.

Sample	Incubation time	Complete melting temperature, °C	Complete melting enthalpy, Jg^−1	Cold crystallization enthalpy, Jg^−1	Crystallinity, %	Glass transition temperature, °C
PLA	3 days	169.12	45.39	-	49	69.78
	7 days	169.84	43.90	-	47	71.09
	10 days	169.90	47.62	-	51	71.79
	14 days	169.84	43.90	-	47	70.45
PLA + CNT-OH	3 days	168.94	43.93	3.38	43	68.84
	7 days	169.32	42.37	3.41	42	67.96
	10 days	169.39	42.75	3.51	42	68.21
	14 days	169.42	43.21	2.11	44	68.34
PLA + f-CNT	3 days	169.54	44.79	-	48	70.87
	7 days	169.85	45.88	-	49	71.13
	10 days	169.76	50.16	-	55	71.54
	14 days	169.90	50.13	-	54	70.67