Peristaltic motion of tubular gel driven by acid-autocatalytic reaction

Takashi Mikanohara; Shingo Maeda; Yusuke Hara; Shuji Hashimoto

doi:10.1080/01691864.2013.876934

Peristaltic motion of tubular gel driven by acid-autocatalytic reaction

Takashi Mikanohara^*, Shingo Maeda, Yusuke Hara, Shuji Hashimoto

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Abstract

A novel gel actuator exhibits a peristaltic motion is designed. We proposed a new approach of coupling an acid-autocatalytic reaction and a pH-responsive gel in order to cause contraction waves. The poly(AAm-co-AAc) microphase-separated tubular gel was synthesized, which can be inflowed reaction solution to its hollow. We focused on its kinetics and evaluated the characteristics of the microphase-separated gels. And we also demonstrated that the propagation of the contraction region occurs in the tubular gel. Our final goal is to develop a biomimetic chemical robot, which realizes a peristaltic locomotion by forming contraction waves like a snail.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	457-465
Number of pages	9
Journal	Advanced Robotics
Volume	28
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/01691864.2013.876934
Publication status	Published - 2014 Apr 3

Keywords

chemical robot
gel actuator
peristaltic motion
pH-responsive gel
polymerization

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Science Applications
Hardware and Architecture
Software

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