3 papers
cond-mat.soft2025
Controlling polymerization-induced phase separation in the synthesis of porous gels
Yanxia Feng, Noel Ringeisen, Eric R. Dufresne +2
Porous gels -- gels with solvent-filled pores that are much larger than their mesh size -- are widely used in engineering and biomedical applications due to their tunable mechanics…
cond-mat.soft2024
Characterizing hydrogel behavior under compression with gel-freezing osmometry
Yanxia Feng, Dominic Gerber, Stefanie Heyden +4
Hydrogels are particularly versatile materials that are widely found in both Nature and industry. One key reason for this versatility is their high water content, which lets them d…
cond-mat.soft2024
Dehydration drives damage in the freezing of brittle hydrogels
Shaohua Yang, Dominic Gerber, Yanxia Feng +6
It is widely known that freezing breaks soft, wet materials. However, the mechanism underlying this damage is still not clear. To understand this process, we freeze model, brittle…