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

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Scanning electron microscopy images demonstrating effects of NaOH treatment on scaffold morphology and fibre diameter for electrospun PCL fibres (magnification ×5,000): (a) random, untreated; (b) random, 0 M0 h; (c) random, 1 M 4 h; (d) aligned, untreated; (e) aligned, 0 M0 h; and (f) aligned, 1 M 4 h. Fibre diameters presented as frequency distributions ().

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