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

Table 1

Ranges of the material parameters allowed in optimization.

Parameter	Range
Characteristic time (𝜏)	1–7 (s)
Shear relaxation parameter (𝑔^𝑝)	0.35–0.52 (—)
Bulk relaxation parameter (𝑘^𝑝)	0.35–0.73 (—)
Initial shear modulus (𝐺0)	319–420 (Pa)
Poisson’s ratio (𝑣)	0.3–0.5 (—)