| Budget Amount *help |
¥35,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥35,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥8,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,700,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥9,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,100,000)
Fiscal Year 2008: ¥8,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,700,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥8,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,700,000)
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| Research Abstract |
We have developed polymer and gels with autonomous self-oscillating function by utilizing the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reactions. Under the coexistence of the reactants, the polymer undergoes spontaneous cyclic soluble-insoluble changes or swelling-deswelling changes (in the case of gel) without any on-off switching of external stimuli. By introducing photochromic site into the self-oscillating polymer, self-oscillating mechanical motion of the gel can be controlled by photo-irradiation. For example, direction of chemical wave that generates peristaltic motion of the gel can be controlled. Through these studies, design of novel mass-transport surface has been attempted.
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