Tomoki Harano
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View article: Competition between Osmotic Squeezing versus Friction-Driven Swelling of Gels
Competition between Osmotic Squeezing versus Friction-Driven Swelling of Gels Open
Some types of hydro-gels have almost the same equilibrium swelling volume in water and in ethylene glycol (EG), a highly viscous liquid completely miscible with water. Experiments showed that when a gel fully swollen with EG is immersed in…