The Mechanics of Hydrogels

Dr. Li’s research interests include the multiphysics modelling of soft matters, development of highly efficient numerical computational methodology, simulation of sustainable energy, and structural dynamics. He is the author of Smart Hydrogel Modeling, and co-author of Reduced Modeling of Planar Fuel Cells; Meshless Methods and Their Numericl Properties; and Rotating Shell Dynamics. He has authored or co-authored over 150 articles published in an array of international journals, and was awarded Winner of Top Project of the Singapore Maritime Institute Forum-Research Showcase 2015. Professor Vadim Silberschmidt is Chair of Mechanics of Materials, ICoVIS Director, and Head of the Mechanics of Advanced Materials Research Group, Loughborough University, United Kingdom. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier book series Mechanics of Advanced Materials. He is also Associate Editor and/or serves on the board of a number of renowned journals. He has co-authored six research monographs and more than 620 peer-reviewed scientific papers on mechanics and micromechanics of deformation, damage, and fracture in advanced materials under various conditions.

• 1. Mechanical characterization of hydrogels 2. Deformation and fracture behaviors of long-fiber hydrogels 3. Linear and nonlinear deformation behavior of hydrogels 4. Mechanical testing of hydrogels 5. Multiscale instrumented indentation of hydrogels 6. Fatigue of hydrogels 7. Dynamic behaviors of the hydrogel 8. Numerical modeling of hydrogels: from microscopic network to macroscopic material 9. Multiscale modeling of hydrogels 10. Modeling of stimuli-responsive hydrogels: a transient analysis 11. Mechanically driven phase transition of physical hydrogels 12. Large deformation behavior of magnetic hydrogels 13. Enzyme functionalized hydrogels: relationship between stimuli and mechanical response