| Budget Amount *help |
¥16,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,870,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥7,670,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,770,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥5,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,170,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We have been promoting research on a coupled system of the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction, known as a oscillatory chemical reaction, and stimulus-responsive polymer gel. In this system, the gel swells and de-swells autonomously under certain conditions. The purpose of our research is to improve the mechanical performance of the gel and to make it intelligent. We found that we were able to obtain mechanical work from the gel by applying a constant tension to the gel and that we could control the dynamics of the gel by applying external forces to the gel.
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