Shrinkage, swelling and evaporation

4 Tracesshowing typical behavior for G in shrinking chemical gels. The three different traces show three different trials of the same material. Note that the 6 data in most systems is displayed exponentially. 

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Shrinkage, swelling, and evaporation. This is a short discussion of environmental effects that one needs to be aware of and account for in rheological data of in situ forming hydrogels and other polymeric materials. 

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