Experimental data on mechanical behavior and numerical data on tensile stress distribution of a hyperelastic Polydimethysiloxane (PDMS) based membrane for cell culture

Abstract

The data contained within this article relate to experimental data on mechanical behavior of an in-house cast hyperelastic Polydimethysiloxane (PDMS) based membrane (SilasticⓇ 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.

Keywords

• Tensile stress
• Polydimethysiloxane
• Material constants
• Cell culture
• Finite element analysis