Autonomously Oscillating Viscosity in Microgel Dispersions
Autonomously Oscillating Viscosity in Microgel Dispersions
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DOI:
10.1021/ja904677g
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发表时间:
2009-09-02
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15
通讯作者:
Yoshida, Ryo
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作者:
Suzuki, Daisuke;Taniguchi, Hajime;Yoshida, Ryo
We present autonomously oscillating viscosity in microgel dispersions. The microgels were obtained by introducing the Ru catalyst for the Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction into a cross-linked copolymer. In this microgel system, the chemical energy of the BZ reaction is converted to rhythmic swelling/deswelling oscillation of the microgels. Moreover, self-flocculating/self-dispersing oscillation of the microgels occurs near its phase transition temperature. Through the use of these two oscillations of the microgels, a new function of colloidal dispersions has been discovered, namely, autonomously oscillating viscosity in a microgel dispersion. The viscosity in the dispersion oscillated autonomously, following the swelling/deswelling and self-flocculation/self-dispersion oscillations of the microgels. As a result, we can control the rhythm and amplitude of the oscillation using these two phenomena of the microgels.