Bioinspired out-of-equilibrium systems will set the scene for the next generation of molecular
materials with active, adaptive, autonomous, emergent and intelligent behavior. Indeed life …

In 1996, the author reported “self-oscillating” polymer gels that spontaneously repeat
swelling–deswelling changes in a closed solution without any on–off switching by external …

Hydrogels are soft materials composed of a three-dimensional (3D) hydrophilic polymer
network filled with a large amount of water. Different from rigid machines, hydrogel-based …

As novel functional materials, we developed self-oscillating polymeric materials composed
of synthetic polymers coupled with an oscillating chemical reaction, the so-called Belousov …

In living systems, there are many autonomous and oscillatory phenomena to sustain life,
such as heart contractions and breathing. At the microscopic level, oscillatory shape …

A gradient self-oscillating polymer brush surface with ordered, autonomous, and
unidirectional ciliary motion has been designed. The self-oscillating polymer is a random …

In 1996, we first reported self‐oscillating polymer gels exhibiting autonomous swelling‐
deswelling oscillations driven by the Belousov‐Zhabotinsky reaction. In contrast to …

A polymer brush surface with autonomous function has been designed by using a self-
oscillating polymer that we developed. The self-oscillation is induced by chemomechanical …

The propagation control of chemical waves via a pentagonal patterned structure in a self‐
oscillating polymer brush composed of N‐isopropylacrylamide and a metal catalyst for the …

The design of chemomechanical self‐oscillators, which execute oscillations in the presence
of constant stimuli lacking periodicity, is a step toward the development of autonomous and …