Journal article
One-step fabrication of multifunctional micromotors
Nanoscale, v 7(33), pp 13918-13923
01 Jan 2015
PMID: 26219533
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Abstract
Although artificial micromotors have undergone tremendous progress in recent years, their fabrication normally requires complex steps or expensive equipment. In this paper, we report a facile one-step method based on an emulsion solvent evaporation process to fabricate multifunctional micromotors. By simultaneously incorporating various components into an oil-in-water droplet, upon emulsification and solidification, a sphere-shaped, asymmetric, and multifunctional micromotor is formed. Some of the attractive functions of this model micromotor include autonomous movement in high ionic strength solution, remote control, enzymatic disassembly and sustained release. This one-step, versatile fabrication method can be easily scaled up and therefore may have great potential in mass production of multifunctional micromotors for a wide range of practical applications.
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- Title
- One-step fabrication of multifunctional micromotors
- Creators
- Wenlong Gao - Soochow UniversityMei Liu - Soochow UniversityLimei Liu - Soochow UniversityHui Zhang - Soochow UniversityBin Dong - Soochow UniversityChristopher Y. Li - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Nanoscale, v 7(33), pp 13918-13923
- Publisher
- Royal Soc Chemistry
- Number of pages
- 6
- Grant note
- SRF for ROCS, SEM; Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars 21304064 / National Natural Science Foundation of China; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD) CBET-1438240; DMR-1308958 / National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF) BK20130292 / Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province Fund for Excellent Creative Research Teams of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions 1308958 / Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien; National Science Foundation (NSF); NSF - Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences (MPS)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000359546900014
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84939132841
- Other Identifier
- 991019168657804721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- International collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
- Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
- Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
- Physics, Applied