Smart Hydrogel Modelling

The science of mathematical modelling and numerical simulation is generally accepted as the third mode of scienti?c discovery (with the other two modes being experiment and analysis), making this ?eld an integral component of c- ting edge scienti?c and industrial research in most domains. This is especially so in advanced biomaterials such as polymeric hydrogels responsive to biostimuli for a wide range of potential BioMEMS applications, where multiphysics and mul- phase are common requirements. These environmental stimuli-responsive hydrogels are often known as smart hydrogels. In the published studies on the smart or stimu- responsive hydrogels, the literature search clearly indicates that the vast majority are experimental based. In particular, although there are a few published books on the smart hydrogels, none is involved in the modelling of smart hydrogels. For the few published journal papers that conducted mathematical modelling and numerical simulation, results were far from satisfactory, and showed signi?cant d- crepancies when compared with existing experimental data. This has resulted in ad hoc studies of these hydrogel materials mainly conducted by trial and error. This is a very time-consuming and inef?cient process, and certain aspects of fun- mental knowledge are often missed or overlooked, resulting in off-tangent research directions.

List of contents

Multi-Effect-Coupling pH-Stimulus (MECpH) Model for pH-Sensitive Hydrogel.- Multi-Effect-Coupling Electric-Stimulus (MECe) Model for Electric-Sensitive Hydrogel.- Multi-Effect-Coupling pH-Electric-Stimuli (MECpHe) Model for Smart Hydrogel Responsive to pH-Electric Coupled Stimuli.- Multi-Effect-Coupling Thermal-Stimulus (MECtherm) Model for Temperature-Sensitive Hydrogel.- Novel Models for Smart Hydrogel Responsive to Other Stimuli: Glucose Concentration and Ionic Strength.- Simulation of Controlled Drug Release from Non-Swellable Micro-Hydrogel Particle.

Product details

• Authors: Hua Li
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9783642424922
• ISBN: 978-3-642-42492-2
• No. of pages: 359
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 235 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 581 g
• Illustrations: XVII, 359 p.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering; Elektronik, C, Chemoinformatik, chemistry, Chemistry and Materials Science, polymers, Polymer Sciences, Materials / States of matter, Electronics, Microelectronics, Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation, Information technology: general issues, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Biomedical engineering, Electronics engineering, Amorphous substances, Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics, Complex fluids, Chemoinformatics, Computational Chemistry, Computer Applications in Chemistry