Enhancing Biocompatibility without Compromising Material Properties: An Optimised NaOH Treatment for Electrospun Polycaprolactone Fibres

Figure 1

Water contact angle data demonstrating effects of NaOH treatment on scaffold hydrophilicity for electrospun PCL fibres with random (a) and aligned (b) orientations. (c–h) are representative images of single water droplets on the scaffold surface: (c) random, untreated; (d) random, 0 M0 h; (e) random, 1 M 4 h; (f) aligned, untreated; (g) aligned, 0 M0 h; and (h) aligned, 1 M 4 h. Data are shown as deviation with two-way ANOVA and Tukey’s multiple comparisons test (; ).

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