Dear all,
I have some questions about hydrogel mechanical test. After curing, should i put samples in water (submerge in water) or not? I found there's big difference between same samples with different water content. Also, I can't get the tentile strength similar with literature with same materials. My tensile stress is more than 10 times smaller. I really don't know what did I miss.
I would greatly appreciate any help. Thank you!