Control of swelling–deswelling behavior of a self-oscillating gel by designing the chemical structure

T Masuda, A Terasaki, AM Akimoto, K Nagase… - RSC …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
We have developed a novel “self-oscillating” gel that exhibits an autonomous mechanical
oscillation without any external stimuli. Here the ternary self-oscillating polymer composed of …

Fabrication of Comb-type self-oscillating gels by atom transfer radical polymerization for controlling autonomous swelling/deswelling behavior

WS Lee, T Enomoto, AM Akimoto, R Yoshida - NPG Asia Materials, 2022 - nature.com
In this study, we show the controlled self-oscillation behavior (ie, the normalized amplitude,
swelling rate, and deswelling rate) of self-oscillating gels by introducing grafted chains. The …

Design of novel biomimetic polymer gels with self-oscillating function

R Yoshida, T Sakai, O Tambata… - … and Technology of …, 2002 - iopscience.iop.org
We report a novel biomimetic gel that undergoes autonomous swelling–deswelling
oscillations without on–off switching of external stimuli, similar to heartbeat. The mechanical …

Molecular design and functional control of novel self-oscillating polymers

Y Hara, S Maeda, S Hashimoto, R Yoshida - International journal of …, 2010 - mdpi.com
If we could realize an autonomous polymer system driven under biological conditions by a
tailor-made molecular design, human beings could create unprecedented biomimetic …

Molecular design of self-oscillating polymer gels and their dynamic swelling-deswelling behaviors

R Yoshida, T Yamaguchi… - Journal of intelligent …, 1999 - journals.sagepub.com
We report a novel" intelligent" gel that undergoes an autonomous swellingdeswelling
oscillation without reliance on an alteration in external conditions. The mechanical …

Self-oscillating gel composed of thermosensitive polymer exhibiting higher LCST

M Hidaka, R Yoshida - Journal of controlled release, 2011 - Elsevier
We have developed self-oscillating polymers and gels as novel biomimetic materials by
utilizing an oscillating reaction, known as the Belousov–Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction. The self …

Self-oscillating gel as novel biomimetic materials

R Yoshida, T Sakai, Y Hara, S Maeda… - Journal of controlled …, 2009 - Elsevier
Stimuli-responsive polymers and their application to biomaterials have been widely studied.
On the other hand, as a novel biomimetic polymer, we have been studying the polymer with …

Control of autonomous swelling− deswelling behavior for a polymer gel

S Nakamaru, S Maeda, Y Hara… - The Journal of Physical …, 2009 - ACS Publications
We succeeded in the wide-range control of the period for the swelling− deswelling self-
oscillation of a novel polymer gel by selection of the initial concentration of the Belouzov …

Self-oscillating polymer and gels as novel biomimetic materials

R Yoshida - Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Stimuli-responsive polymers and their application to biomaterials have been widely studied.
On the other hand, as a novel biomimetic polymer, we have been studying a polymer with an …

Self-oscillating polymer gel as novel biomimetic materials exhibiting spatiotemporal structure

R Yoshida - Colloid and Polymer Science, 2011 - Springer
As a novel biomimetic polymer gel, we have been studying polymer gel with an autonomous
self-oscillating function since it was firstly reported in 1996. For developing the polymer gels …