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Kontraktiles redox-system bestehend aus reinem polyvinylalkohol in gegenwart von 2-methylnaphtochinon-1,4

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Crosslinked foils of pure (commercial) polyvinylalcohol, swollen in an acetate-puffer (pH=5), in presence of 2-methylnaphtochinon 1,4 and platinum are found to act as redox-muscles contracting and dilating when treated with hydrogen and oxygen.

Mechanical stretching of the filaments is associated with a shift of the redox-potential.

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  1. Physikalisch-chemisches Institut der Universität Basel, Switzerland

    W. Kuhn, G. Ebner, H. J. Kuhn & D. H. Walters

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Kuhn, W., Ebner, G., Kuhn, H.J. et al. Kontraktiles redox-system bestehend aus reinem polyvinylalkohol in gegenwart von 2-methylnaphtochinon-1,4. Experientia 16, 106–107 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02158088

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