Modeling and simulation of the deformation of multi-state hydrogels subjected to electrical stimuli

Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1011-1017

  Lam, K Y ^a,b   Li, Hua ^a,b   Ng, T Y ^b   Luo, Rongmo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Electric stimuli; Functional engineered tissue; Mathematical modeling; Meshless method; Multi state; rMECe model; Stimuli responsive hydrogel

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC STIMULI; FUNCTIONAL ENGINEERED TISSUE; MESHLESS METHOD; RMECE MODEL; STIMULI-RESPONSIVE HYDROGELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PH EFFECTS;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 33750038894     PISSN: 09557997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enganabound.2006.03.011     Document Type: Article

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