Figure 3. Chlorhexidine penetration and Maxwell analyses of in vitro grown biofilms.

Penetration ratio as a function of the relative importance of the three Maxwell elements E₁, E₂ and E₃, denoting the fast, intermediate and slow relaxation components, respectively for different biofilms after 10%, 20% and 50% induced deformation. All data points refer to single experiments, while symbols are explained in Fig. 2. Dashed lines represent 95% confidence intervals.