Polymer gel squeezes and strains with the best of them!

Posted by Andreas Christodoulou

Description :

A polymer gel tube can be made to squeeze and strain like an intestine thanks to the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction. 

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http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2012/May/belousov-zhabotinsky-reaction-artificial-intestine.asp

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