Inhomogeneous and anisotropic equilibrium state of a swollen hydrogel containing a hard core

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Zhao, Xuanhe ^a   Hong, Wei ^a   Suo, Zhigang ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; INTERPENETRATING POLYMER NETWORKS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; WATER;

ANISOTROPIC EQUILIBRIUM STATE; NONLINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

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EID: 38949083461     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2840158     Document Type: Article

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