title: Self-oscillating polymer brushes.
abstract: An autonomous functional surface has been designed by using self-oscillating polymers that convert the chemical energy of the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction into conformational changes of the polymer chains (see picture: red: hydrophobic/collapsed, green: hydrophilic/extended). Self-oscillating polymer brushes were grafted onto the inner surface of a glass capillary, and autonomous propagation of a chemical wave was observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.
authors.forename: Tsukuru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: Mio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hidaka
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Murase
authors.forename: Aya Mizutani
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Akimoto
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagase
authors.forename: Teruo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okano
authors.forename: Ryo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yoshida
mesh_terms: D000178:Acrylamides / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000178:Acrylamides; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D011108:Polymers; C415768:tris(2,2'-bipyridyl)ruthenium(II); C067295:N-isopropylacrylamide
keywords: ATRP; functional surfaces; oscillating reactions; polymer brushes; ruthenium