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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 8.
Published in final edited form as: Biomed Microdevices. 2019 Mar 25;21(2):33. doi: 10.1007/s10544-019-0368-y

Table 2.

Parameters related to oxygen diffusion, including those for the smeared model

Parameter Symbol Value Unit
Diffusion coefficient of oxygen in interstitial fluid (Sciumè et al. 2013)(Sciumè et al. 2014a) D0nl¯ 3.2·10−9 m2/sec
Coefficient δ (Sciumè et al. 2013)(Sciumè et al. 2014a) δ 2
Normal mass fraction of oxygen in tissue (Sciumè et al. 2013)(Sciumè et al. 2014a) ωenvnl¯ 4.2·10−6
Mean capillary diameter Dcap 10 μm
Thickness of the endothelial layer δEC 1 μm
Diffusion coefficient of oxygen through endothelial layer Dwall 8.73·10−10 m2/s
Mass fraction of oxygen in capillaries ωsys 0.2451·10−3