Role of mechanical factors in applications of stimuli-responsive polymer gels–Status and prospects

AV Goponenko, YA Dzenis - Polymer, 2016 - Elsevier
Due to their unique characteristics such as multifold change of volume in response to minute
change in the environment, resemblance of soft biological tissues, ability to operate in wet …

Evaporation dynamics of a sessile droplet on glass surfaces with fluoropolymer coatings: focusing on the final stage of thin droplet evaporation

EY Gatapova, AM Shonina, AI Safonov, VS Sulyaeva… - Soft Matter, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The evaporation dynamics of a water droplet with an initial volume of 2 μl from glass
surfaces with fluoropolymer coatings are investigated using the shadow technique and an …

Dynamics of water imbibition through hydrogel-coated capillary tubes

S Chang, KH Jensen, W Kim - Physical Review Fluids, 2022 - APS
Water-absorbing materials consisting of hydrogel particles are widely used for agricultural
substrates, hygienic products, drug delivery systems, and microfluidic devices. Hydrogel …

Dynamics of capillary transport in semi-solid channels

J Andersson, A Ström, T Gebäck, A Larsson - Soft Matter, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Capillary action has been described by Lucas and Washburn and extensively studied
experimentally in hard materials, but few studies have examined capillary action in soft …

Autonomous capillary microfluidic devices with constant flow rate and temperature-controlled valving

L Li, EY Westerbeek, JC Vollenbroek, S de Beer… - Soft Matter, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In this paper, we report on a capillary microfluidic device with constant flow rate and
temperature-triggered stop valve function. It contains a PDMS channel that was grafted by a …

Capillary uptake in macroporous compressible sponges

S Chatterjee, P Doshi, G Kumaraswamy - Soft Matter, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The capillarity-driven uptake of liquid in swellable, highly porous sponges is of significant
industrial importance. Sponges prepared using polymers and their composites with carbon …

Stick–slip motion and controlled filling speed by the geometric design of soft micro-channels

J Andersson, A Larsson, A Ström - Journal of colloid and interface science, 2018 - Elsevier
Hypothesis Liquid can move by capillary action through interconnected porous materials, as
in fabric or paper towels. Today mass transport is controlled by chemical modification. It is …

[PDF][PDF] Hydrogel properties and characterization techniques

MJ Majcher, T Hoare - … and polymeric composites: a reference series …, 2019 - academia.edu
The unique structure of hydrogels as materials, including their soft mechanical properties,
their typically high water contents, their capacity to respond to changes in their solvent …

Characteristics of Hydrogel-Wetted Thin Films

J Owens - 2017 - stars.library.ucf.edu
The meniscus region of a thin film is known to have high heat transfer properties due to high
evaporation rates and activation of latent heat. The region known as the thin film meniscus …

[PDF][PDF] Capillary flow of whole blood in microsystems: non-Newtonian blood behavior and substrate reagent-coating effect

J Berthier, D Gosselin, M Huet, G Sabatte… - Proc. of the 2016 …, 2016 - academia.edu
The use of whole blood is a preferred solution for portable diagnostic and monitoring
systems. We analyze here two particularities of microsystems for blood analysis: the blood …