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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biofabrication. 2013 Nov 6;5(4):045006. doi: 10.1088/1758-5082/5/4/045006

Table 1.

Characteristics of patterns and microbeads, illustrating fidelity of the technique.

Desired spacing
between beads (µm)
Actual average
spacing between
beads (µm) ±
standard deviation
Difference
from desired
spacing (%)
Average microbead
circularity ±
standard deviation
Desired
microbead
diameter
Average microbead
diameter (µm) ±
standard deviation
100 101.50 ± 2.56 1.53 0.86 ± 0.05 Small 99.74 ± 9.77
300 301.55 ± 4.42 0.52 0.86 ± 0.04 Medium 162.52 15.20
600 601.01 ±13.47 0.17 0.90 ± 0.01 Large 401.57 ± 21.09
600 602.50 ± 4.95 0.42 0.85 ± 0.04 Small 95.85 ± 11.98