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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Biomed Eng. 2018 Apr 18;46(8):1146–1159. doi: 10.1007/s10439-018-2028-4

Table II.

Thin gel formulations

Target Stiffness
Acry%/Bis%

~0.25 kPa
4%/0.06%
~1 kPa
4%/0.09%
~2 kPa
4%/0.15%
~10 kPa
8%/0.28%
PAAm Solution Components Acrylamide (mL) 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
Bis-acrylamide (mL) 0.3 0.45 0.75 1.4
10% APS (mL) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
TEMED (mL) 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
PBS (mL) 8.59 8.44 8.14 6.49

Measured Stiffness Eelastic (kPa) 0.25 ± 0.02 1.26 ± 0.24 2.48 ± 0.14 10.60 ± 3.19