Table 1 Physical properties of liquids used in the experiments.

From: Aspiration-mediated hydrogel micropatterning using rail-based open microfluidic devices for high-throughput 3D cell culture

Liquid

Surface tension (mN/m)

Viscosity (mPa s)

Water (at 25 °C)

72.9

0.89

2.5 mg/ml of fibrinogen solution (at 25 °C)

57.0

11.6

3 mg/ml of collagen type I (at 4 °C)

61.7

59.1

  1. Viscosities of hydrogel pre-solutions are measured at a shear rate of 10/s.
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