A Pendulum-Like Motion of Nanofiber Gel Actuator Synchronized with External Periodic pH Oscillation.docVIP

Polymers 2011, 3, 405-412; doi:10.3390/polym3010405 OPEN ACCESS polymers ISSN 2073-4360 /journal/polymers Letter A Pendulum-Like Motion of Nanofiber Gel Actuator Synchronized with External Periodic pH Oscillation Hiroki Nakagawa 1,*, Yusuke Hara 2,*, Shingo Maeda 1 and Shuji Hasimoto 1 1 Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan; E-Mails: maeshin@shalab.phys.waseda.ac.jp (S.M.); shuji@waseda.jp (S.H.) 2 Nanosystem Research Institute (NRI), National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology