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Dynamics of swelling and drying in a spherical gel

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Swelling is a volumetric-growth process in which a porous material expands by spontaneous imbibition of additional pore fluid. Swelling is distinct from other growth processes in that it is inherently poromechanical: local expansion of the pore structure requires that additional fluid be drawn from elsewhere in the material, or into the material from across the boundaries. Here, we study the swelling and subsequent drying of a sphere of hydrogel. We develop a dynamic model based on large-defo...

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Peer reviewed

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10.1103/PhysRevApplied.6.064010

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Oxford college:
University College
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Author
Publisher:
American Physical Society Publisher's website
Journal:
Physical Review Applied Journal website
Volume:
6
Issue:
6
Article number:
064010
Publication date:
2016-12-21
Acceptance date:
2016-11-18
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ISSN:
2331-7019
Pubs id:
pubs:661787
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uuid:c78c4bd7-1185-41fd-9b54-9ae9129ba596
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pubs:661787
Source identifiers:
661787
Deposit date:
2016-12-28

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