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A new model was developed to accurately describe the swelling behavior of charged polymeric networks. The model incorporates elastic, mixing and ionic contributions to the chemical potential. Changes in the equilibrium degree of swelling as a function of pH can be predicted.
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Brannon-Peppas, L., Peppas, N.A. Structural analysis of charged polymeric networks. Polymer Bulletin 20, 285–289 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00261982
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00261982