Research Article
Electroresponsive Hydrogel-Based Switching Components for Soft, Bioelectrical, and Fluidic Circuits
Table 2
The parameters for simulation.
| Parameter | Value | Description |
| | 0.5 [cm] | Initial thickness of gel | | 0.5 [cm] | The width of bath solution on both sides | | 0.04 [cm] | The width of transition area | | [C/mol] | Faraday’s constant | | 8.314 [J/(mol∙K)] | Gas constant | | [C2/(N∙m2)] | Vacuum permittivity | | 80 | Relative permittivity | | +1 | Valence electrons of cation | | -1 | Valence electrons of anion | | -1 | Valence electrons of fixed ion | | [Pa] | The first Lamé constants | | [Pa] | The second Lamé constants | | [m2/s] | Diffusion coefficient | | [N∙s/m4] | Friction coefficient between water and gel network | | 0.8 | Initial volume fraction of water in the gel | | 298 [K] | Ambient temperature | | 1 [mol/m3] | Initial concentration of free ions | | 5 [mol/m3] | Initial concentration of fixed ions | | 0.15 [V] | Electric potential at the electrode |
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