Mechano-chemical dynamics of active gels: interplay between spatial bistability and volume variations

Villain Sébastien; Borckmans Pierre; Métens Stéphane

doi:10.1515/JMBM.2011.001

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials (Dec 2011)

Mechano-chemical dynamics of active gels: interplay between spatial bistability and volume variations

Villain Sébastien,
Borckmans Pierre,
Métens Stéphane

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Villain Sébastien
Borckmans Pierre: Service de Chimie-Physique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Campus Plaine, CP 231, Bd. du Triomphe, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
Métens Stéphane: Matières et Systèmes Complexes, UMR CNRS 7057, Université Paris 7-Denis Diderot, 10 Rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/JMBM.2011.001
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 20, no. 1-3
pp. 3 – 11

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The mechano-chemical dynamics of a spherical bead of gel immersed in an autocatalytic bistable chemical reaction are examined. The spheres exhibit autonomous volume self-oscillation dynamics. We present a multi-diffusional approach to a hydrodynamic theory of gels, and also evolution equations incorporating chemical processes.

Published in Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials

ISSN: 0334-8938 (Print); 2191-0243 (Online)
Publisher: De Gruyter
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Technology: Mechanical engineering and machinery
Website: https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/jmbm

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