Table 1.

Mechanical Properties of Thermally Drawn NGCs. Properties were calculated for fibers of 10 mm in length and inner diameter/widths of 50 to 200 μm.

	kAxial (N/m)	kBending (N/m)
Round (50–200 μm)	213.9–3423.0	0.0011–0.2953
Square (50–200 μm)	33.9–1020.9	0.0002–0.2966