Official websites use .gov
A
.gov website belongs to an official
government organization in the United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (
) or https:// means you've safely
connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive
information only on official, secure websites.
A hydrogel is in contact with an aqueous solution with a fixed chemical potential. A dry network is taken to be the state of reference. For the current state, the network is immersed in an aqueous solution and subjected to a set of mechanical forces (mechanical load and a geometrical constraint).
