The study aims to investigate how the mechanics of swelling of a polymer gel is affected by the presence of free-chains due to a partial cross-linking process. The analysis is focused on the equilibrium solution of the mechano-diffusion problem under different states, corresponding to different polymer network fractions before diffusion starts. The limit situations of perfectly cross-linked polymer gel and solution of polymeric chains are recovered by the model.

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部分交联聚合物凝胶的溶胀驱动力学：稳态溶液


该研究旨在研究部分交联过程中游离链的存在如何影响聚合物凝胶的溶胀力学。分析的重点是不同状态下的力扩散问题的平衡解，对应于扩散开始前的不同聚合物网络分数。该模型恢复了完全交联的聚合物凝胶和聚合物链溶液的极限情况。