Linear shrinkage of hydrogel coatings exposed to flow: interplay between dissolution of water and advective transport

Abstract

We investigate the shrinkage of a surface-grafted water-swollen hydrogel under shear flows of oils by laser scanning confocal microscopy.

Wetting on silicone surfaces

“…10. Mean field models were utilized e.g., for static and dynamic wetting on PDMS gels, 74,161,[264][265][266] characterization of wetting ridges, 67,136,267,268 water sorption in PDMS, 269 or to model cloaking. 270 Mean field models exploit that individual fluctuations of atoms, molecules, or coarse-grained particles diminish when averaged over sufficiently large ensembles.…”