Hydrogels: Solid Water at Room Temperature

J.Y. Sun, X. Zhao, W.R.K. Illeperuma, O. Chaudhuri, K.H. Oh, D.J. Mooney, J.J. Vlassak, Z. Suo, “Highly stretchable and tough hydrogels”, Nature 489, 133 (2012). (Download)

J.Y. Li, Y.H. Hu, J.J. Vlassak, Z.G. Suo, “Experimental determination of equations of state for ideal elastomeric gels”, Soft Matter 8, 8121 (2012). (Download)

Y.H. Hu, J.O. You, D.T. Auguste, Z.G. Suo, J.J. Vlassak, “Indentation: a simple, nondestructive method for characterizing the mechanical and transport properties of pH-sensitive hydrogels”, J. Mater. Res. 27, 152 (2012). (Download)

Y. Hu, E.P. Chan, J.J. Vlassak, Z. Suo, “Poroelastic relaxation indentation of thin layers of gels”, J. Appl. Phys., 110 086103 (2011). (Download)

Y. Hu, X. Chen, G.M. Whitesides, J.J. Vlassak, Z. Suo, "Indentation of polydimethylsiloxane submerged in organic solvents", J. Mater. Res. 26(6), 785-795 (2011). (Download)

Y. Hu, X. Zhao, J.J. Vlassak, Z. Suo, "Using indentation to characterize the poroelasticity of gels", Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 121904 (2010). (Download)

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