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Fabrication and Testing of Microfluidic Optomechanical Oscillators
Published on: May 29, 2014
Chemical and optical control of peristaltic actuator based on self-oscillating porous gel
Shu-Ichi Shinohara1, Takahiro Seki, Takamasa Sakai
1Department of Molecular Design & Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan.
Abstract:
We demonstrate the chemical and optical control of the self-sustaining peristaltic motion of a structural colored porous hydrogel.

