Model development and numerical simulation of temperature-sensitive hydrogels

Computational Materials Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 299-308

  Yin, L ^a   Yuan, Z ^a   He, L H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Convection diffusion equation; Hydrogels; Mathematical model; Meshless method; Polymer; Swelling ratio

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POISSON EQUATION; POLYMERS; SWELLING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CONVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; LOWER CRITICAL SOLUTION TEMPERATURES (LCST); MESHLESS METHODS; SWELLING RATIOS;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 7544232784     PISSN: 09270256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2004.03.019     Document Type: Article

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