Design of Autonomous Gel Actuators
In this paper, we introduce autonomous gel actuators driven by chemical energy. The polymer gels prepared here have cyclic chemical reaction networks. With a cyclic reaction, the polymer gels generate periodical motion. The periodic motion of the gel is produced by the chemical energy of the oscilla...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2011-01-01
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| Series: | Polymers |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/3/1/299/ |