Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jul 10, 2026

10:19
Studying the Effects of Matrix Stiffness on Cellular Function using Acrylamide-based Hydrogels
Published on: August 10, 2010
22.2K
Correction: Quantifying the trade-off between stiffness and permeability in hydrogels
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA. jeremy.cho@unlv.edu.
Soft Matter
|November 11, 2022
Abstract:
Correction for 'Quantifying the trade-off between stiffness and permeability in hydrogels' by Yiwei Gao et al., Soft Matter, 2022, 18, 7735-7740, https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SM01215D.
Related Concept Videos
Generalized Hooke's Law
The generalized Hooke's Law is a broadened version of Hooke's Law, which extends to all types of stress and in every direction. Consider an isotropic material shaped into a cube subjected to multiaxial loading. In this scenario, normal stresses are exerted along the three coordinate axes. As a result of these stresses, the cubic shape deforms into a rectangular parallelepiped. Despite this deformation, the new shape maintains equal sides, and there is a normal strain in the direction of the...
Relation between Poisson's ratio, Modulus of Elasticity and Modulus of Rigidity
Deformation occurs in axial and transverse directions when an axial load is applied to a slender bar. This deformation impacts the cubic element within the bar, transforming it into either a rectangular parallelepiped or a rhombus, contingent on its orientation. This transformation process induces shearing strain. Axial loading elicits both shearing and normal strains. Applying an axial load instigates equal normal and shearing stresses on elements oriented at a 45° angle to the load axis.

