Figure 5.

Mechanical assessment of Young’s modulus for a suspended fiber layer. The mean applied force per fiber is measured against the ratio of fiber deflection over the scaffold separation length for three frame separation lengths of (a) 2 mm, (b) 3 mm, and (c) 5 mm. The continuous line indicates a fitted solution based on a three-point extension test using a fiber Young’s modulus of 20 MPa and residual tension of 0.05 mN.