1992 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Vectorial Process Induced by Chemical Energy Utilizing Nonlinear Characteristics
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03804029
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
物理化学一般
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| Research Institution | Graduate School of Human Informatics, Nagoya University |
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Principal Investigator |
YOSHIKAWA Kenichi Graduate School of Human Informatics, Nagoya University, Professor, 人間情報学研究科, 教授 (80110823)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KUMAZAWA Noriyuki College of General Education, Ibaraki Univ., Associate Professor, 教養部, 助教授 (70137256)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1991 – 1992
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| Keywords | chemical motor / nonlinear oscillation / frustration / tri-phasic mode / entrainment / surface oscillation / asymmetric coupling / chiral symmetry |
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| Research Abstract |
We have established two experimental systems which realize the direct coupling of chemical energy into macroscopic vectorial process. (1)Utilizing the chemical potential difference between oil and water phases, we have invented that macroscopic movement of a rotor is generated toward a desired direction. (2)We have found that a periodic mechanical force is generated at an oil-water interface of an aqueous Belousov-Zhabotinsky medium. It has been confirmed that the difference of the surface tension on the iron catalyst between Fe^<3+> and Fe^<2+> is the driving force of this rhythmic change of the force.
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