In response to a stimulus, a soft material deforms, and the deformation provides a function.
We call such a material a soft active material (SAM). This review focuses on one class of soft …

Hydrogels possess magnificent properties which may be harnessed for novel applications.
However, this is not achievable if the mechanical behaviors of hydrogels are not well …

A network of polymers can imbibe a large quantity of a solvent and swell, resulting in a gel.
The swelling process can be markedly influenced by a mechanical load and geometric …

An elastomeric gel is a cross-linked polymer network swollen with a solvent (fluid). A
continuum-mechanical theory to describe the various coupled aspects of fluid permeation …

This paper uses the thermodynamic data of aqueous solutions of uncrosslinked poly (N-
isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPAM) to study the phase transition of PNIPAM hydrogels. At a low …

An elastomeric gel is a cross-linked polymer network swollen with a solvent, and certain gels
can undergo large reversible volume changes as they are cycled about a critical …

The swelling of a polymer gel is a kinetic process coupling mass transport and mechanical
deformation. Both linear and nonlinear theories have been used to describe the swelling …

We present a theory for the behavior of a solid undergoing two interdependent processes, a
macroscopic or mechanical process due to the deformation of the solid and a microscopic or …

A gel is an aggregate of polymers and solvent molecules. The polymers crosslink into a
three-dimensional network by strong chemical bonds and enable the gel to retain its shape …

A polymer network can imbibe copious amounts of solvent and swell, the resulting state is
known as a gel. Depending on its constituents, a gel is able to deform under the influence of …