| Budget Amount *help |
¥46,280,000 (Direct Cost: ¥35,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥10,680,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥11,050,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,550,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥10,920,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,520,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥10,140,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,340,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥10,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We have developed “self-oscillating” gels that undergo spontaneous cyclic swelling-deswelling changes without any on-off switching of external stimuli, as with heart muscle. The self-oscillating gels were designed by utilizing the Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction, as an oscillating reaction. Potential applications of the self-oscillating polymers and gels include several kinds of functional material systems with spatio-temporal structures, such as biomimetic actuators, mass transport systems and functional fluids. Further, it is possible to create a new dynamic interface by immobilizing the self-oscillating polymer. Self-oscillating polymer brush surface was prepared and its dynamic behavior was evaluated. Self-oscillation between unimer and micellar (or vesicle) structures was also realized by using a synthetic block copolymer.
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