The parameter α is the time scale (an hour) and D is the diameter of an IMC (7μm). We can consider the α and D scaling the damping viscosity coefficient, μ, then the parameters in the table represent
In real units, we have , min, P, , × J, × J, pN. Note that the choice of for a total number of C-C sites is in the order of the typical cell-cell adhesion energy for a single cell, i.e. J [40], [54].
