TY - GEN
T1 - Peristaltic gel pump driven by chemical energy
AU - Maeda, Shingo
AU - Hara, Yusuke
AU - Mikanohara, Takashi
AU - Hashimoto, Shuji
PY - 2011/12/1
Y1 - 2011/12/1
N2 - Stimuli-responsive polymer gels have been applied to soft actuators. Especially, electroactive polymers are said to be promising materials as advanced soft actuators. Its mechanical motion is controlled by the external stimuli such as a change in solvent composition, pH, temperature and electric field etc. On the other hand, living organisms exhibit an autonomous motion driven by the chemical energy. In this study, we report a novel gel pump that can move spontaneously without external driving stimuli. The gel pump converts the chemical energy of the oscillatory reaction into the mechanical energy inside the gel. Although the gel is completely composed of synthetic polymer, it shows autonomous motion as if it is alive.
AB - Stimuli-responsive polymer gels have been applied to soft actuators. Especially, electroactive polymers are said to be promising materials as advanced soft actuators. Its mechanical motion is controlled by the external stimuli such as a change in solvent composition, pH, temperature and electric field etc. On the other hand, living organisms exhibit an autonomous motion driven by the chemical energy. In this study, we report a novel gel pump that can move spontaneously without external driving stimuli. The gel pump converts the chemical energy of the oscillatory reaction into the mechanical energy inside the gel. Although the gel is completely composed of synthetic polymer, it shows autonomous motion as if it is alive.
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U2 - 10.1109/ROBIO.2011.6181488
DO - 10.1109/ROBIO.2011.6181488
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84860781236
SN - 9781457721373
T3 - 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2011
SP - 1415
EP - 1420
BT - 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2011
T2 - 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2011
Y2 - 7 December 2011 through 11 December 2011
ER -