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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Dec 7.
Published in final edited form as: Biofabrication. 2021 Nov 24;14(1):10.1088/1758-5090/ac2d78. doi: 10.1088/1758-5090/ac2d78

Table 1.

Stiffness (elastic modulus) for selected PI concentrations and UV exposure times in each layer



0.05% PI & 0.1 s UV exposure in each layer 0.07% PI & 0.1 s UV exposure in each layer


GelMA (%) PEGDA (%) Modulus (kPa) GelMA (%) PEGDA (%) Modulus (kPa)


0 26.0 ± 0.6 0 N/A
3 20 24.0 ± 5.0 3 20 75.0 ± 7.0
5 N/A 5 56.0 ± 6.0


0 47.0 ± 3.0 0 97.0 ± 10
3 30 49.0 ± 6.0 3 30 106 ± 20
5 N/A 5 109 ± 10


0 420 ± 6.0 0 920 ± 60
3 40 660 ± 30 3 40 530 ± 70
5 N/A 5 650 ± 40




0.05% PI & 0.2 s UV exposure in each layer 0.07% PI & 0.2 s UV exposure in each layer


GelMA (%) PEGDA (%) Modulus (kPa) GelMA (%) PEGDA (%) Modulus (kPa)


0 78.0 ± 3.0 0 51.0 ± 1.0
3 20 41.0 ± 2.0 3 20 120 ± 7.0
5 52.0 ± 5.0 5 100 ± 9.0


0 97.0 ± 20 0 110 ± 30
3 30 140 ± 60 3 30 180 ± 30
5 100 ± 1.0 5 130 ± 10


0 880 ± 30 0 110 ± 30
3 40 1180 ± 90 3 40 880 ± 60
5 750 ± 10 5 980 ± 50