Self‐oscillating gels | Zendy

Yoshida Ryo | Zendy; Takahashi Toshikazu | Zendy; Yamaguchi Tomohiko | Zendy; Ichijo Hisao | Zendy

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Self‐oscillating gels

Author(s) -

Yoshida Ryo,

Takahashi Toshikazu,

Yamaguchi Tomohiko,

Ichijo Hisao

Publication year - 1997

Publication title -

advanced materials

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707

H-Index - 527

eISSN - 1521-4095

pISSN - 0935-9648

DOI - 10.1002/adma.19970090219

Subject(s) - swelling , materials science , polymer , solvent , smart polymer , composite material , polymer chemistry , chemical engineering , polymer science , organic chemistry , chemistry , engineering

A polymer gel is crosslinked polymer network swollen in solvent. Some gels undergo abrupt volume changes by swelling–shrinking in response to external stimuli, such as temperature or electric field. Recently a new type of biometric gel has been developed which autonomously repeats its swelling‐shrinking cycles periodically in a closed solution, without any external stimuli, similar to a beating heart muscle. The new materials and their rhythmical behavior are discussed.

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