Table 1.

Acrylamide and bisacrylamide concentrations used to make polyacrylamide gels with different Young’s moduli as measured by AFM. Values are means and 95% confidence intervals, n = 14.

Polyacrylamide gel formulations and corresponding Young’s Modulus

Acrylamide v/v %	Bisacrylamide v/v %	Young’s Modulus (Pa)
3	0.025	102 ± 2
3	0.04	207 ± 16
3	0.1	528 ± 11
4	0.05	692 ± 2
4	0.075	1498 ± 80
4	0.1	2123 ± 215
4	0.2	4018 ± 307
5	0.2	13365 ± 103
8	0.3	30567 ± 979
10	0.3	72904 ± 159
12	0.6	151002 ± 1498
15	1.2	292300 ± 528