| Budget Amount *help |
¥24,180,000 (Direct Cost: ¥18,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥5,580,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥8,970,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,070,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥10,920,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,520,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The aim of this study is to establish a technology to form complicated three-dimensional structures by self-folding of stimuli-responsive swelling/shrinking hydrogel microfibers. Using microfluidic devices, hydrogel microfibers where stimuli-responsive materials were spatially patterned were fabricated. By stimulating those microfibers by changing temperature or pH, we successfully demonstrated spring-shaped soft actuators that largely expands and contracts, tubular micropumps that can deliver liquid inside, and artificial muscle actuators composed of bundled microfibers.
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