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Hydrogels: Designed Autonomic Motion in Heterogeneous Belousov–Zhabotinsky (BZ)‐Gelatin Composites by Synchronicity (Adv. Funct. Mater. 22/2013)
Author(s) -
Smith Matthew L.,
Slone Connor,
Heitfeld Kevin,
Vaia Richard A.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201370109
Subject(s) - materials science , self healing hydrogels , biomimetic materials , biomimetics , fabrication , gelatin , nanotechnology , synchronicity , actuator , composite material , computer science , polymer chemistry , artificial intelligence , medicine , biochemistry , chemistry , alternative medicine , philosophy , epistemology , pathology
On page 2835 Richard A. Vaia and co‐workers discuss a novel design‐fabrication concept for autonomic materials, where the size and arrangement of active‐nodes enables the natural hydrogel to feed off of ambient chemical energy and convert it to mechanical motion in a biomimetic fashion. The image shows oscillating chemomechanical nodes and a model of the coupled oscillations producing an actuator. Lauren Aprill is acknowledged for the design of the inside cover.