. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.

Published in final edited form as: Anal Methods. 2012 Jan 26;4(2):513–521. doi: 10.1039/C2AY05686K

Table 1.

Γ in different buffers

Buffer	d̄ ± SD (μm)	# of beads	Γ ± SD^a (μm³ s^–2)
Sizing	0.456 ± 0.015	337	102 ± 3
	1.025 ± 0.01	318	110 ± 1
	1.898 ± 0.029	368	109 ± 2
	Mean		107 ± 3
Shrinking	0.456 ± 0.015	419	108 ± 3
	1.025 ± 0.01	104	109 ± 1
	1.898 ± 0.029	151	111 ± 2
	Mean		109 ± 1
Swelling	0.456 ± 0.015	261	142 ± 5
	1.025 ± 0.01	171	139 ± 1
	1.898 ± 0.029	120	139 ± 2
	Mean		140 ± 1
Combination	0.974 ± 0.034	69	98 ± 4

The Γ standard deviation (SD) for each trial includes the bead size uncertainty and the statistical uncertainty due to the number of beads studied.