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
	[C^2/(N∙m^2)]	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
	[m^2/s]	Diffusion coefficient
	[N∙s/m^4]	Friction coefficient between water and gel network
	0.8	Initial volume fraction of water in the gel
	298 [K]	Ambient temperature
	1 [mol/m^3]	Initial concentration of free ions
	5 [mol/m^3]	Initial concentration of fixed ions
	0.15 [V]	Electric potential at the electrode