title: Tensile water transport in a porous gel.
abstract: A Monte Carlo simulation model, which incorporates the effect of tensile forces as well as diffusion, is proposed to explain the behavior of water transport in a saturated porous gel. The algorithm is able to account for the puzzling moisture profiles, which were first observed by conventional magnetic resonance imaging and, more recently, by Overhauser imaging.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 50670-901 Recife-Pernambuco, Brazil.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Loureiro de Sousa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Engelsberg
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Brady Moreira