Smart stimuli-responsive materials can respond to different signals (pH, temperature, light,
electricity, etc.), and they have become a hot research topic for drug delivery. As a …

Stimuli‐sensitive hydrogels have an outstanding potential for miniaturized, integrated
sensor, and actuator systems and especially for lab‐on‐chip technology, but the application …

Meshless, or meshfree methods, which overcome many of the limitations of the finite
element method, have achieved significant progress in numerical computations of a wide …

The conformation change of poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPAAm) hydrogel as a function
of temperature is studied both experimentally and by molecular simulation. The experiments …

Significant advances in the field of responsive hydrogels have been achieved by the
combination of soft, gel-based matrices with the unique functions of inorganic or biological …

Ion‐exchange membranes, conventionally utilized in separation processes of electrolyte
solutions, are electroactive polymers that display a unique coupling between …

In this work, inhomogeneous swelling of the temperature-sensitive PNIPAM hydrogel is
investigated with application to micro-valves. In this regard, a modified model is considered …

A systematic development of a chemo–electro–mechanical continuum model—for the
application of electrically-stimulated cantilevered hydrogels—and its numerical …

Ionic hydrogels belong to the class of polyelectrolyte gels, also known as ionic gels. Their
ability to swell or shrink under different environmental conditions such as change of pH, ion …

Polyelectrolyte gels are ductile elastic electroactive materials. They consist of a polymer
network with bound charged groups and a liquid phase with mobile ions. In water-based …