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This paper investigates the strain-stress relation for the macromolecular microsphere composite (MMC) hydrogel. The novel point is to present the strain-stress model, which is based on the microscopic mixed entropy set up in the previous work and the Flory-Rehner elastic energy. Then, the numerical result of the strain-stress model is shown, which is completely consistent with the chemical experiment. Moreover, the theoretical relation of the strain-stress depends on the microscopic parameters of the MMC hydrogel. Therefore, it is a way to investigate the relation of macroscopic properties and microscopic structures of soft matters. This approach can be extended to other soft matters.
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Zhang, H. Strain-stress relation in macromolecular microsphere composite hydrogel. Appl. Math. Mech.-Engl. Ed. 37, 1539–1550 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10483-016-2110-9
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