Chemical and optical control of peristaltic actuator based on self-oscillating porous gel
Abstract
We demonstrate the chemical and optical control of the self-sustaining peristaltic motion of a structural colored porous hydrogel.
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Department of Molecular Design & Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan
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b Department of Materials Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
We demonstrate the chemical and optical control of the self-sustaining peristaltic motion of a structural colored porous hydrogel.
S. Shinohara, T. Seki, T. Sakai, R. Yoshida and Y. Takeoka, Chem. Commun., 2008, 4735 DOI: 10.1039/B808427K
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