Table 1

Alginate Grade	M_n	M_w	M_z	[η]	C'	η_2%	η_0.4%
Units	[kDa]	[kDa]	[kDa]	[ml/g]	[%]	[cP]	[cP]
0.4% M. pyrifera LV	196	643	1,652	208	1.92	250	24.4
0.4% M. pyrifera MV	196	779	2,055	236	1.70	3500	269
0.4% M. pyrifera HV	178	981	2,446	275	1.46	14,000	805

Table 1: Viscosities of Deposition Solutions- The molecular weights of the three sample alginates were obtained courtesy of the Laboratoire de Caractérisation des Matériaux Polymères au Département de chimie at L’Université de Montreal. From Mw, [η] was calculated using the Mark-Houwink-Sakurada equation [32], which allowed for the calculation of the critical concentration C'. Using the viscosities of the 2% solutions which were provided by the manufacturers, the 0.4% viscosities were then calculated.