Quantifying deformation in gel swelling: Experiments and simulations

Evdokia C. Achilleos, Robert K. Prud'Homme, Ioannis G. Kevrekidis, Kostas N. Christodoulou, Kyle R. Gee

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Abstract

A technique for the real-time visualization of material line movement during transparent gel deformation was developed based on caged photo-activated fluorophores covalently attached to the gel network. It is used to quantitatively monitor the swelling of sodium polyacrylate and poly(acrylamide-sodium acrylate) gels in quasi two-dimensional constrained geometries. The experimentally obtained profiles for the Finger deformation tensor and the polymer concentration are compared with transient simulations of a model of transport in polyelectrolyte gels.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2128-2139
Number of pages12
JournalAIChE Journal
Volume46
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Biotechnology
  • Environmental Engineering
  • General Chemical Engineering

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