Experimental Data On Mechanical Behavior And Numerical Data On Tensile Stress Distribution Of A Hyperelastic Polydimethysiloxane (Pdms) Based Membrane For Cell Culture

The data contained within this article relate to experimental data on mechanical behavior of an in-house cast hyperelastic Polydimethysiloxane (PDMS) based membrane (Silastic (R) T-4, Dow Corning) for cell culture, which was used as a tool for applying tensile stress on cells and tissues. With the experimentally obtained material constants, tensile stress distribution over the membrane surface was numerically assessed using a finite element analysis (FEA). The membrane area having a uniform tensile stress distribution under different strain loading conditions of 1-20% was suggested for cell culture. (C) 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc.