title: Design of a comb-type self-oscillating gel.
abstract: Here we show a comb-type self-oscillating gel that exhibits spontaneous swelling-deswelling oscillation without on-off switching of external stimuli. The redox oscillation of the polymerized catalyst of the BZ reaction is converted to mechanical oscillation of the polymer. By introducing grafted polymer chains, self-oscillation with faster and larger swelling-deswelling changes was achieved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Reo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mitsunaga
authors.forename: Kosuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okeyoshi
authors.forename: Ryo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yoshida