Journal article
A biodegradable, all-polymer micromotor for gas sensing applications
Journal of materials chemistry. C, Materials for optical and electronic devices, v 4(25), pp 5945-5952
01 Jan 2016
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Abstract
In this paper, we report an all-polymer micromotor, which consists of a biodegradable polymer main body (polycaprolactone) and a natural enzyme 'engine' (catalase). Not only can this micromotor be self-propelled in the presence of a fuel, it also exhibits fluorescence gas sensing properties toward HCl and NH3 gases through the introduction of a dye molecule. As compared to the static one, the micromotor shows a faster response which can be attributed to the solution mixing process induced by the continuous motion. In addition, due to the biodegradability of polycaprolactone, this micromotor is capable of slowly degrading in solution. The features shown in this study, such as the metal-free structure and the gas-sensing capability, make the current micromotor potentially attractive for environmental monitoring applications.
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- Title
- A biodegradable, all-polymer micromotor for gas sensing applications
- Creators
- Mei Liu - Soochow UniversityYunyu Sun - Soochow UniversityTaoping Wang - Soochow UniversityZhenrong Ye - Soochow UniversityHui Zhang - Soochow UniversityBin Dong - Soochow UniversityChristopher Y. Li - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Journal of materials chemistry. C, Materials for optical and electronic devices, v 4(25), pp 5945-5952
- Publisher
- Royal Soc Chemistry
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- SRF for ROCS, SEM; Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD) 1308958 / Division Of Materials Research; National Science Foundation (NSF); NSF - Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences (MPS) CBET-1438240; DMR-1308958 / National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF) 1438240 / Directorate For Engineering; National Science Foundation (NSF); NSF - Directorate for Engineering (ENG) 21574094; 21304064 / National Natural Science Foundation of China; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Fund for Excellent Creative Research Teams of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions BK20130292; BK20150314 / Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province Collaborative Innovation Center (CIC) of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000378719600008
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84976443438
- Other Identifier
- 991019168206504721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
- Physics, Applied