Recent advances of the constitutive models of smart materials—hydrogels and shape memory polymers

R Huang, S Zheng, Z Liu, TY Ng - International Journal of Applied …, 2020 - World Scientific
Hydrogels and shape memory polymers (SMPs) possess excellent and interesting
properties that may be harnessed for future applications. However, this is not achievable if …

Application and research prospect of functional polymer gels in oil and gas drilling and development engineering

Y Bai, Y Liu, K Yang, Y Lang - Gels, 2023 - mdpi.com
Polymer gel materials are formed by physically crosslinking and chemically crosslinking to
form a gel network system with high mechanical properties and reversible performance. Due …

The effect of water content on the elastic modulus and fracture energy of hydrogel

Z Li, Z Liu, TY Ng, P Sharma - Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2020 - Elsevier
Both elastic and fracture behavior of hydrogel are affected by its water content. As shown by
extensive experimental data, currently prevalent models, which are primarily based on the …

A phase field solution for modelling hyperelastic material and hydrogel fracture in ABAQUS

S Zheng, R Huang, R Lin, Z Liu - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2022 - Elsevier
The phase field fracture model is attracting significant interest. To model fracture in
hyperelastic material and hydrogel, we have implemented a robust two-and three …

Design of mechanically intelligent structures: Review of modeling stimuli-responsive materials for adaptive structures

Q Chen, T Kalpoe, J Jovanova - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Smart materials are upcoming in many industries due to their unique properties and wide
range of applicability. These materials have the potential to transform traditional engineering …

Dehydration of collagen hydrogel simply by immersion in sodium carboxymethylcellulose solution

J Wu, Z Yu, Y Ma, K Zhu, J Li, BS Chiou, F Zhong… - Food …, 2024 - Elsevier
Pre-dehydration of collagen-based hydrogel can result in reduced energy consumption in
their large-scale production. This article reported a method to dehydrate collagen hydrogel …

A model for fracture of temperature-sensitive hydrogel with diffusion and large deformation

S Zheng, H You, H Li, KY Lam - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2023 - Elsevier
A model is formulated theoretically in this paper via the phase field method for simulation of
fracture in temperature-sensitive hydrogels with consideration of diffusion coupled with large …

Coupled chemo-mechanical swelling behavior of ph-sensitive hollow cylinder hydrogels under extension–torsion and internal pressure: Analytical and 3D FEM …

M Askari-Sedeh, M Baghani - International Journal of Applied …, 2023 - World Scientific
The coupled transient chemo-mechanical behavior as well as the large deformation
behavior under various complex load conditions must be taken into account when designing …

The machine learning embedded method of parameters determination in the constitutive models and potential applications for hydrogels

S Zheng, Z Liu - International Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2021 - World Scientific
We propose a machine learning embedded method of parameters determination in the
constitutional models of hydrogels. It is found that the developed logistic regression-like …

Biomimetic glucose trigger‐insulin release system based on hydrogel loading bidentate β‐cyclodextrin

R Wang, Y Tian, J Wang, W Song… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Initiated by the specific binding between D‐glucose and biological receptors, the human
body has a delicate metabolic system to regulate blood D‐glucose levels, but failing to …