The mechanical behavior of three crosslinked polyurea (PU) elastomers obtained by sol-gel chemistry under uniaxial monotonic and cyclic tests has been assessed. These elastic networks are composed of hard and soft domains, ...

The surface properties of soft nanostructured hydrogels are crucial in the design of responsive materials that can be used as platforms to create adaptive devices. The lower critical solution temperature (LCST) of ...

In this work, a thermodynamically consistent gradient formulation for partially saturated cohesive-frictional porous media is proposed. The constitutive model includes a classical or local hardening law and a softening ...

In the ripening process of the lulo (Solanum quitoense Lam.) physicochemical changes are produced by pectics enzymes as Polygalacturonase (PG), Pectinesterase (PE) and Pectateliase (PL) that acting on pectics substrates ...

In this work, analytical and numerical solutions of the condition for discontinuous bifurcation of thermodynamically consistent gradient-based poroplastic materials are obtained and evaluated. The main aim is the analysis ...

The softening and melting properties of the iron-bearing materials play a decisive role in the formation of the cohesive zone. The position and thickness of this region greatly affect blast furnace gas flow distribution ...

Most brachyuran females become receptive during the intermolt period, a condition considered “derived”. However, as far as we know, studies testing the existence and function of pheromones in decapods are based on species ...