Research Article

A Finite Element Study of Micropipette Aspiration of Single Cells: Effect of Compressibility

Table 2

Ranges of the material parameters in the parametric study.

ParameterRange

Shear relaxation parameter 0.2–0.99 ( —)
Bulk relaxation parameter 0–0.8 (—)
Poisson’s ratio 0.3–0.5 (—)
Permeability (k)1 × 10−20 –1 × 10−11 ( )
Poisson’s ratio of poroelastic matrix 0.01, 0.2, 0.35, 0.42 (—)