Table 1.

Physical properties of each component and parameters for numerical simulations

	Gel	Media	PDMS	Gas	Film
Density, ρ [kg/m3]	1.0×103	1.0×103		1
Viscosity, μ [Pas]	1.0×10−3	1.0×10−3		1.0×10−5
Diffusivity of oxygen, D [m2/s]	2.0×10−9	2.0×10−9	4.0×10−9	2.0×10−5	2.0×10−9 – 2.0×10−12
Péclet number, Pe		0 – 1,000		0 – 1,000
Average velocity, U [m/s]		0 – 4.0×10−3		0 – 40
Flow volume, Q [ml/min]		0 –1.8×10−2		0 –1.8×102
Oxygen tension, c [%]		21		0 or 21