Swelling of a granular hydrogel medium under confinement: individual and collective dynamic

The growth dynamics of polyacrylamide hydrogel beads due to liquid absorption under geometric confinement is studied. First, the behavior of individual hydrogel beads is investigated and, subsequently, the growth dynamics is analyzed in the presence of several interacting beads of the same material....

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Main Authors: Cristófaro Lucía, Falcioni Sebastián, Binda Leonardo, Roht Yanina Lucrecia, Drazer Germán, Ippolito Irene
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2021-01-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2021/03/epjconf_pg2021_05005.pdf