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Table 2 Surface chemical composition of the electrospun NFs

From: Nylon-6/chitosan core/shell antimicrobial nanofibers for the prevention of mesh-associated surgical site infection

Fibers

C1s

N1s

O1s

eV

Atom%

eV

Atom%

eV

Atom%

CS-5CLO8Q

284.4

65.4

399.2

3.0

530.4

31.6

(61)

(5)

(34)

PA6-PHMB

284.5

75.5

397.8

12.2

531.3

12.3

(75)

(13)

(12)

Core/shell*

284.5

65.8

398.1

4.2

530.8

30.0

CS-only

284.5

72.3

399.1

2.1

530.8

25.6

PA6-only

284.4

77.0

399.0

11.3

532.3

11.9

  1. The percentages in brackets () refer to the theoretical values of each polymer *Core/shell is PA6-PHMB/CS-5CLO8Q