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Chaitanya Joshi¹, Mathew Q Giso¹, Jean-François Louf²

¹Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA. timothy.atherton@tufts.edu.

|September 14, 2023

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Area of Science:

Soft matter physics
Materials science
Computational mechanics

Background:

Hydrogels are versatile soft materials with applications in various fields.
Understanding hydrogel behavior under physical constraints is crucial for material design.
Previous models often simplify or overlook the complex interplay between confinement and swelling.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a novel energy optimization framework for hydrogel swelling under confinement.
To compute equilibrium shapes and analyze the mechanical properties of confined hydrogels.
To investigate the transition in contact mechanics from Hertzian to non-Hertzian behavior.

Main Methods:

Recasting hydrogel swelling as an energy optimization problem.
Applying the model to hydrogel spheres confined within a rigid bead matrix.
Utilizing the *Morpho* shape optimization environment for simulations.
Validating the model against experimental data.

Main Results:

Demonstrated spatial separation of strains, with localization to the outer region of the hydrogel.
Observed a transition from Hertzian to non-Hertzian contact mechanics dependent on swelling.
Successfully computed equilibrium shapes of confined hydrogel spheres.

Conclusions:

Confinement significantly modifies the mechanics of swollen hydrogels.
The energy optimization approach provides a powerful tool for analyzing constrained soft materials.
The model is versatile, applicable in multiple dimensions and adaptable to various swelling scenarios.