Side Chains and the Insufficient Lubrication of Water in Polyacrylamide Hydrogel—A New Insight
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Mechanical Tests
3. Results and Discussions
3.1. Side Chains
3.2. Insufficient Lubrication of Water
3.3. Constitutive Model with Insufficient Lubrication of Water
3.4. Mullins Effect
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Lei, J.; Zhou, Z.; Liu, Z. Side Chains and the Insufficient Lubrication of Water in Polyacrylamide Hydrogel—A New Insight. Polymers 2019, 11, 1845. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/polym11111845
Lei J, Zhou Z, Liu Z. Side Chains and the Insufficient Lubrication of Water in Polyacrylamide Hydrogel—A New Insight. Polymers. 2019; 11(11):1845. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/polym11111845
Chicago/Turabian StyleLei, Jincheng, Zidi Zhou, and Zishun Liu. 2019. "Side Chains and the Insufficient Lubrication of Water in Polyacrylamide Hydrogel—A New Insight" Polymers 11, no. 11: 1845. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/polym11111845