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Controlled degradation of hydrogels

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Controlled degradation and erosion of a polymer network.
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Schematic of the polymer-network architecture prior to degradation.
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Snapshots of an equilibrated hydrogel film degrading.
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Polymer precursors trapped inside a degrading hydrogel film.

Work by Vaibhav Palkar and Olga Kuksenok at Clemson University on the controlled degradation and erosion of polymer networks at the mesoscale — an example use of the pair srp/react command in LAMMPS.

Related publications

  • Controlling Degradation and Erosion of Polymer Networks: Insights from Mesoscale Modeling, V. Palkar and O. Kuksenok, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 126, 336-346 (2022).