Active pulsatile gels: from chemical microreactor to polymeric actuator
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| author | Blanc, Baptiste Zhang, Zhenkun Liu, Eric Zhou, Ning Dellatolas, Ippolyti Aghvami, Ali Yi, Hyunmin Fraden, Seth |
| author_facet | Blanc, Baptiste Zhang, Zhenkun Liu, Eric Zhou, Ning Dellatolas, Ippolyti Aghvami, Ali Yi, Hyunmin Fraden, Seth |
| contents | We report on a synthesis protocol, experimental characterization and theoretical modeling of active pulsatile Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) hydrogels. Our two-step synthesis technique allows independent optimization of the geometry, the chemical, and the mechanical properties of BZ gels. We identify the role of the surrounding medium chemistry and gel radius for the occurrence of BZ gel oscillations, quantified by the Damkohler number, ratio of chemical reaction to diffusion rates. Tuning the BZ gel size to maximize its chemomechanical oscillation amplitude, we find that its oscillatory strain amplitude is limited by the timescale of gel swelling relative to the chemical oscillation period. Our experimental findings are in good agreement with a Vanag-Epstein model of BZ chemistry and a Tanaka Fillmore theory of gel swelling dynamics. |
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| spellingShingle | Active pulsatile gels: from chemical microreactor to polymeric actuator Blanc, Baptiste Zhang, Zhenkun Liu, Eric Zhou, Ning Dellatolas, Ippolyti Aghvami, Ali Yi, Hyunmin Fraden, Seth Soft Condensed Matter We report on a synthesis protocol, experimental characterization and theoretical modeling of active pulsatile Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) hydrogels. Our two-step synthesis technique allows independent optimization of the geometry, the chemical, and the mechanical properties of BZ gels. We identify the role of the surrounding medium chemistry and gel radius for the occurrence of BZ gel oscillations, quantified by the Damkohler number, ratio of chemical reaction to diffusion rates. Tuning the BZ gel size to maximize its chemomechanical oscillation amplitude, we find that its oscillatory strain amplitude is limited by the timescale of gel swelling relative to the chemical oscillation period. Our experimental findings are in good agreement with a Vanag-Epstein model of BZ chemistry and a Tanaka Fillmore theory of gel swelling dynamics. |
| title | Active pulsatile gels: from chemical microreactor to polymeric actuator |
| topic | Soft Condensed Matter |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.08273 |