Research Article

Influence of Nanofiber Orientation on Morphological and Mechanical Properties of Electrospun Chitosan Mats

Table 3

Young’s modulus (E), stress at break (σat break), and elongation at break (εat break) of different fiber orientations of Cs electrospun mats produced with rotating disk collector.

Distance from center
0 cm2 cm3.5 cm
E (MPa)σat break (Mpa)εat break (%)E (MPa)σat break (Mpa)εat break (%)E (MPa)σat break (Mpa)εat break (%)

800 rpm3.67 ± 1.922.92 ± 3.0825.78 ± 12.565.03 ± 1.254.40 ± 3.7028.44 ± 7.7110.01 ± 3.122.54 ± 1.2314.81 ± 4.83
1000 rpm3.93 ± 2.041.16 ± 0.5419.12 ± 10.145.24 ± 0.0362.44 ± 1.3322.89 ± 12.0310.00 ± 5.383.21 ± 1.9315.25 ± 5.07
1200 rpm5.85 ± 5.011.48 ± 1.4014.94 ± 4.346.63 ± 6.153.29 ± 3.9217.01 ± 6.7915.47 ± 3.444.88 ± 4.4015.87 ± 5.59