Self-propelled motion as a chemical engine in an isothermal system

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25410094
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Functional solid state chemistry
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University
• Principal Investigator: Nakata Satoshi 広島大学, 理学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (50217741)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): KITAHATA HIROYUKI 千葉大学, 理学研究科, 准教授 (20378532) ; IZUMI SHUNSUKE 広島大学, 理学研究科, 教授 (90203116)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 自己駆動系 / 非線形現象 / 非平衡系 / 自己組織化 / 界面張力差 / 樟脳 / 振動現象 / 分岐

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Self-propelled motors have been investigated to transfer materials or attack a local area in a small space. However, most motors indicate monotonic motion or random motion. Therefore, the purpose of this study is the development of novel self-propelled motors which indicate characteristic behaviors like living organisms by introducing nonlinearity such as oscillation, synchronization, bifurcation and so on. Actually, we designed a surfactant molecules and utilization of reaction-diffusion system to enhance the nonlinearity from view point of microscopic level.

Free Research Field

非平衡系の科学