Autonomous oil flow generated by self-oscillating polymer gels.


Journal

Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
30 07 2020
Historique:
received: 02 05 2020
accepted: 21 07 2020
entrez: 1 8 2020
pubmed: 1 8 2020
medline: 1 8 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The previously reported gel and polymer actuators require external inputs, such as batteries, circuits, electronic circuits, etc., compared with autonomous motions produced by the living organisms. To realize the spontaneous motions, here, we propose to integrate a power supply, actuators, and control into a single-component self-oscillating hydrogel. We demonstrate self-actuating gel pumps driven by the oscillatory Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction without electronic components. We have developed the volume oscillation of gels synchronized with the BZ reaction (BZ gel). Since the self-actuating gel pumps are driven by chemo-mechanical energy from BZ gels, the self-actuating gel pumps don't require complex wiring designs, energy supply, and assembling. The mechanical work generated by BZ gels is extremely small. We formulated the thermodynamic cycle of BZ gels and maximized mechanical work. We found that pre-stretched BZ gel shows larger mechanical works. We physically separated the BZ gels and working fluid to create practical pumps. By using optimizing mechanical generated by BZ gels, we demonstrated the self-actuating gel pumps that transfer mechanical work through a stretchable elastomer membrane.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32732982
doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-69804-3
pii: 10.1038/s41598-020-69804-3
pmc: PMC7393118
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

12834

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Auteurs

Kyosuke Yoshimura (K)

Smart Materials Laboratory, Shibaura Institute of Technology, 3-7-5 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-8548, Japan.

Yuji Otsuka (Y)

Smart Materials Laboratory, Shibaura Institute of Technology, 3-7-5 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-8548, Japan.

Zebing Mao (Z)

Smart Materials Laboratory, Shibaura Institute of Technology, 3-7-5 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-8548, Japan. mao.zebing.v.5@sic.shibaura-it.ac.jp.

Vito Cacucciolo (V)

Soft Transducers Laboratory, Institute of Microengineering, School of Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Rue de la Maladière 71b, 2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

Takashi Okutaki (T)

Smart Materials Laboratory, Shibaura Institute of Technology, 3-7-5 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-8548, Japan.

Hideto Yamagishi (H)

Smart Materials Laboratory, Shibaura Institute of Technology, 3-7-5 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-8548, Japan.

Shinji Hashimura (S)

Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Shibaura Institute of Technology, 3-7-5 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-8548, Japan.

Naoki Hosoya (N)

Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Shibaura Institute of Technology, 3-7-5 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-8548, Japan.

Tasuku Sato (T)

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyusyu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan.

Yoko Yamanishi (Y)

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyusyu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan.

Shingo Maeda (S)

Smart Materials Laboratory, Shibaura Institute of Technology, 3-7-5 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-8548, Japan. maeshin@shibaura-it.ac.jp.
Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Shibaura Institute of Technology, 3-7-5 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-8548, Japan. maeshin@shibaura-it.ac.jp.

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