Multiphysics modeling for pressure-thermal sensitive hydrogels

• Main Authors: Kang, Jingtian, Li, Hua
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Acrylic Monomers; Amides
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/170306
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Some smart hydrogels, like poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPA) hydrogels, are sensitive to both stimulus hydrostatic pressure and temperature. The model for thermal-sensitive only hydrogels has been well established in the past two decades. In this work, by combining Flory's mean-field theory a...