Porter Timothy L, Stewart Ray, Reed Jim, Morton Kathryn
Northern Arizona University, Dept. of Physics, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA.
Cantimer, Inc., Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
Sensors (Basel). 2007 Sep 25;7(9):1980-1991. doi: 10.3390/s7091980.
Hydrogels, polymers and various other composite materials may be used insensing applications in which the swelling or de-swelling of the material in response tosome analyte is converted via a transducer to a measurable signal. In this paper, we analyzemodels used to predict the swelling behavior of hydrogels that may be used in applicationsrelated to hydration monitoring in humans. Preliminary experimental data related toosmolality changes in fluids is presented to compare to the theoretical models. Overall,good experimental agreement with the models is achieved.
水凝胶、聚合物和各种其他复合材料可用于传感应用，其中材料响应某些分析物的溶胀或去溶胀通过换能器转换为可测量的信号。在本文中，我们分析了用于预测可用于人体水化监测应用的水凝胶溶胀行为的模型。给出了与流体渗透压变化相关的初步实验数据，以便与理论模型进行比较。总体而言，实验结果与模型吻合良好。
