Stiffness and forces are two fundamental quantities essential to living cells and tissues.
However, it has been a challenge to quantify both 3D traction forces and stiffness (or …

Membrane filtration processes are best known for their application in the water, oil, and gas
sectors, but also in food production they play an eminent role. Filtration processes are …

Thermosensitive chitosan/β-glycerophosphate (CS/BGP) systems have been developed as
injectable hydrogels. However, the hydrogels exhibited poor mechanical properties due to …

Microfluidic devices have found extensive applications in mechanical, biomedical, chemical,
and materials research. However, the high initial cost, low resolution, inferior feature fidelity …

Solid surface tension can deform soft elastic materials at macroscopic length scales. At a
critical surface tension, elastocapillary instabilities in soft filaments emerge that resemble the …

Hydrogels, which can withstand large deformations and have stable chemical properties,
are considered a potential material for cartilage repair. However, hydrogels still face some …

Osteoarthritis is a highly prevalent rheumatic musculoskeletal disorder that commonly affects
many joints. Repetitive joint overloading perpetuates the damage to the affected cartilage …

Hydrogels which are hydrophilic and porous materials have recently emerged as promising
systems for filtration applications. In our study, we prepare hydrogel membranes by the …

The most widely-used representation of the compressible, isotropic, neo-Hookean
hyperelastic model is considered in this paper. The version under investigation is that which …

The effect of mechanical strength of the dispersed particle gel (DPG) on its macro plugging
performance is significant, however, little study has been reported. In this paper, DPG …