Using light to guide the self-sustained motion of active gels

Langmuir

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 4298-4301

  Dayal, Pratyush ^a   Kuksenok, Olga ^a   Balazs, Anna C ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELOUSOV-ZHABOTINSKY REACTIONS; BIO-MIMETIC; BZ REACTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXTERNAL STIMULUS; MECHANICAL OSCILLATIONS; POLYMER GELS;

BIOMIMETICS; GELATION; LIGHT SENSITIVE MATERIALS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY;

GELS;

BIOMATERIAL; POLYMER; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GEL; LIGHT; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; OSCILLOMETRY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHYSICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; GELS; LIGHT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTION; OSCILLOMETRY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHYSICS; POLYMERS; SOFTWARE; SOLVENTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 65249175078     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la900051b     Document Type: Article

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