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We have studied the numerical model of a two-dimensional gel exhibiting a volumetric phase separation between the swollen and the shrunken phases. We have found a peculiar percolating (spongelike) structure of the shrunken phase domain.
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Sekimoto, K., Suematsu, N., Kawasaki, K. (1990). Spongelike Domain Structure in a Two-Dimensional Model Gel Undergoing the Volume Phase Transition. In: Onuki, A., Kawasaki, K. (eds) Dynamics and Patterns in Complex Fluids. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 52. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76008-2_9
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