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Full-Lagrangian Based Newton Scheme for Dynamic Analysis of Electrostatic MEMS

De S.K., Aluru N.R., Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technoloy, US

A novel physical level simulation method for the dynamic analysis of MEMS based on a full Lagrangian description of both the mechanical and electrical domains and a Newton scheme to obtain a self-consistent solution at [...]

Electrically Triggered Hydrogels: Mathematical Models and Simulations

Chatterjee A.N., De S.K., Aluru N.R., University of Illinois, US

Environmentally sensitive hydrogels have enormous potential in various applications. Ionic polymer gels have been shown to respond to a number of different stimuli like pH and electric field. One of the major advantages of electro-responsive [...]

Modeling of Ionic Hydrogel Kinetics in Buffered Solutions

Ohs R.R., De S.K., Aluru N.R., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US

In this paper, we present the meshless Finite Cloud Method (FCM) for the solution of a time-dependent partial differential equation governing ionic gel swelling. Using a point distribution, FCM constructs interpolation functions without assuming any [...]