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Table 1 Summary of the tensile strength (TS), Young’s modulus (E), toughness (T), strain-at-break (γ), swelling and water vapor transmission rates (WVTR) of polyurethane (PU) films, PU film containing 0.01 % wt % MWNT (PU-MWNT01), PU film containing 0.04 % wt % MWNT (PU-MWNT04), and PU film containing 0.08 % wt % MWNT (PU-MWNT08)

From: Palm kernel oil-based polyester polyurethane composites incorporated with multi-walled carbon nanotubes for biomedical application

Sample

TS (MPa)

E (MPa)

T (J g−1)

γ (%)

Swelling (%)

WVTR (g m−2 d−1)

PU

0.96 ± 0.3

1.28 ± 0.4

0.46 ± 0.2

102 ± 9

23 ± 1.5

269 ± 16

PU-MWNT01

2.11 ± 0.3

3.25 ± 0.4

0.89 ± 0.2

132 ± 11

22 ± 0.5

254 ± 14

PU-MWNT04

2.45 ± 0.2

3.92 ± 0.3

0.95 ± 0.2

113 ± 7

21 ± 0.8

229 ± 14

PU-MWNT08

4.00 ± 0.2

4.35 ± 0.1

1.73 ± 0.1

95 ± 3

17 ± 0.2

181 ± 12

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