Model development of ionic-strength-sensitive hydrogel and finite element analysis of gel and dielectrics

As one of the most important smart hydrogels, the ionic-strength-sensitive hydrogel is increasingly attracting the attention of academic researchers and industrial engineers, due to the wide-range applications in the areas of drug delivery, artificial organ, biomicroelectromechanical (BioMEMS) and s...

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Main Author: Lai, Fukun
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-462572023-03-11T17:56:25Z Model development of ionic-strength-sensitive hydrogel and finite element analysis of gel and dielectrics Lai, Fukun Li Hua School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Functional materials As one of the most important smart hydrogels, the ionic-strength-sensitive hydrogel is increasingly attracting the attention of academic researchers and industrial engineers, due to the wide-range applications in the areas of drug delivery, artificial organ, biomicroelectromechanical (BioMEMS) and so on, resulting from the excellent characteristics, such as controllable swelling/shrinking, sorption capacity, reversible large deformation, good permeability and surface property. So far numerous experimental studies have been carried out for the understanding of the characteristics and mechanism of the ionic-strength-sensitive hydrogel. However, few efforts have been made on the theoretical model development and numerical simulation. In this thesis, a chemo-electro-mechanical model is developed theoretically for simulation of the deformation and chemical as well as electric characteristics of the ionic-strength-sensitive hydrogel, which is termed the Multi-Effect-Coupling Ionic-Strength-Stimulus (MECis) model. The model is capable of modeling the chemical, electric and mechanical fields, where the three sets of the field equations govern the mass conservation, the electric field and the momentum conservation in both the hydrogel and solution domains. Associated with the field governing equations, the three sets of the constitutive laws are also formulated, namely the constitutive flux, the fixed charge equation, and the mechanical material law. DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (MAE) 2011-07-11T07:07:17Z 2011-07-11T07:07:17Z 2011 2011 Thesis Lai, F. K. (2011). Model development of ionic-strength-sensitive hydrogel and finite element analysis of gel and dielectrics. Doctoral thesis, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/46257 10.32657/10356/46257 en 252 p. application/pdf
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Model development of ionic-strength-sensitive hydrogel and finite element analysis of gel and dielectrics
description As one of the most important smart hydrogels, the ionic-strength-sensitive hydrogel is increasingly attracting the attention of academic researchers and industrial engineers, due to the wide-range applications in the areas of drug delivery, artificial organ, biomicroelectromechanical (BioMEMS) and so on, resulting from the excellent characteristics, such as controllable swelling/shrinking, sorption capacity, reversible large deformation, good permeability and surface property. So far numerous experimental studies have been carried out for the understanding of the characteristics and mechanism of the ionic-strength-sensitive hydrogel. However, few efforts have been made on the theoretical model development and numerical simulation. In this thesis, a chemo-electro-mechanical model is developed theoretically for simulation of the deformation and chemical as well as electric characteristics of the ionic-strength-sensitive hydrogel, which is termed the Multi-Effect-Coupling Ionic-Strength-Stimulus (MECis) model. The model is capable of modeling the chemical, electric and mechanical fields, where the three sets of the field equations govern the mass conservation, the electric field and the momentum conservation in both the hydrogel and solution domains. Associated with the field governing equations, the three sets of the constitutive laws are also formulated, namely the constitutive flux, the fixed charge equation, and the mechanical material law.
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title Model development of ionic-strength-sensitive hydrogel and finite element analysis of gel and dielectrics
title_short Model development of ionic-strength-sensitive hydrogel and finite element analysis of gel and dielectrics
title_full Model development of ionic-strength-sensitive hydrogel and finite element analysis of gel and dielectrics
title_fullStr Model development of ionic-strength-sensitive hydrogel and finite element analysis of gel and dielectrics
title_full_unstemmed Model development of ionic-strength-sensitive hydrogel and finite element analysis of gel and dielectrics
title_sort model development of ionic-strength-sensitive hydrogel and finite element analysis of gel and dielectrics
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