Publication Date:
2017-09-02
Description:
Author(s): Jelle J. F. Sleeboom, Panayiotis Voudouris, Melle T. J. J. M. Punter, Frank J. Aangenendt, Daniel Florea, Paul van der Schoot, and Hans M. Wyss We use dedicated microfluidic devices to expose soft hydrogel particles to a rapid change in the externally applied osmotic pressure and observe a surprising, nonmonotonic response: After an initial rapid compression, the particle slowly reswells to approximately its original size. We theoretically ... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 098001] Published Thu Aug 31, 2017
Keywords:
Polymer, Soft Matter, Biological, Climate, and Interdisciplinary Physics
Print ISSN:
0031-9007
Electronic ISSN:
1079-7114
Topics:
Physics
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