Tubular self-oscillating gel

Autonomous Intense-Like Motion of a Tubular Self-Oscillating Gel... 

To construct an autonomous mechanical pumping system such as intestines, we fabricated a self-oscillating gel in a tubular shape by photopolymerization (Fig. 5.1.4) [50]. Several types of tubular self-oscillating gels that exhibit autonomous peristaltic motion were... 

FIGURE 5.1.5 (a) Schematic illustration of autonomous pulsatile flow by peristaltic motion of a tubular self-oscillating gel. (b) Distribution of the velocity vector in the tubular self-oscillating gel during the autonomous peristaltic motion. 

FIGURE 11.5 (Left) Schematic illustration of autonomous mass transport by peristaltic pumping of a tubular self-oscillating gel. (Right) The behavior of the autonomous transport of a CO2 bubble in the gel tube by peristaltic pumping. 

Shiraki, Y Yoshida, R. Autonomous intestine-like motion of tubular self-oscillating gel. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 6112-6116. 

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