Fabrication and Analysis of Microscale Hydrogels and Polymers

Analysis of swelling kinetics is also possible with the assumption that the rate of swelling is proportional to the square of the amount of water that the gel has to absorb from the solution. This assumption produces a linear relationship between t/v and t, where t is time and v is a dimensionless volume. Various chemical and physical cases are compared in an attempt to determine their influence on the kinetic response of constrained microscale hydrogels.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Bauer, Joseph M.

Contributors dc:contributor

• David J. Beebe
• Ronald J. Beebe

• Engineering, Mechanical

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3070259

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/87708