Swelling-induced instability of substrate-attached hydrogel lines

International Journal of Applied Mechanics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 219-233

  Kang, Min Kyoo ^a   Huang, Rui ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

buckling; creasing; Hydrogel; soft matter

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; CREASING; CRITICAL CONDITION; CRITICAL VALUE; EFFECTS OF MATERIALS; ELASTIC STIFFNESS; GLOBAL BUCKLING; LOW ASPECT RATIO; MATERIAL PARAMETER; NANO SCALE; NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PLANE-STRAIN MODELS; POLYMER NETWORKS; SOFT MATTER; SURFACE INSTABILITY; TOP-DOWN APPROACH;

ASPECT RATIO; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STABILITY; SUBSTRATES; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 79960009244     PISSN: 17588251     EISSN: 1758826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1758825111000956     Document Type: Article

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