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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biomaterials. 2018 Apr 25;172:54–65. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2018.04.047

Table 2.

Parameters for in vivo COMSOL model of oxygen profile within gels.

Parameter Value Property
Roxy −2.5×10−4 mol/(m3*s) Rate of oxygen consumption by islets within gel
Coxy0 0.2 mol/m3 Initial oxygen concentration in gel
Coxy boundaryVEGF 0.0723 mol/m3 Oxygen concentration at gel border for VEGF condition
Coxy boundaryCtrl 0.0639 mol/m3 Oxygen concentration at gel border for Control condition
Doxy 2.7×10−9 m2/s Diffusion coefficient of oxygen within hydrogels