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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Drozdov, A.D.
• Christiansen, J. de C.

Titel

Constitutive Modeling of the Mechanical Response of Nanocomposite Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering

Ist Teil von

• Procedia engineering, 2013, Vol.59, p.37-45

Ort / Verlag

Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

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Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A model is developed for the elastic behavior of nanocomposite hydrogels subjected to swelling-drying under an arbitrary deformation with finite strains. Novel constitutive equations are derived based on the Flory concept of flexible chains with constrained junctions and solvent-dependent reference configuration. Adjustable parameters in the stress-strain relations are found by fitting observations on N,N-dimethylacrylamide/hectorite nanoclay hydrogels. The constitutive model describes adequately the mechanical response of nanocomposite hydrogels subjected to swelling-drying and solvent exchange.