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Stimuli-Responsive Microjets with Reconfigurable Shape

2014

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Flexible thermoresponsive polymeric microjets are formed by the self-folding of polymeric layers containing a thin Pt film used as catalyst for self-propulsion in solutions containing hydrogen peroxide. The flexible microjets can reversibly fold and unfold in an accurate manner by applying changes in temperature to the solution in which they are immersed. This effect allows microjets to rapidly start and stop multiple times by controlling the radius of curvature of the microjet. This work opens many possibilities in the field of artificial nanodevices, for fundamental studies on self-propulsion at the microscale, and also for bio related applications.

Author(s): Magdanz, V. and Stoychev, G and Ionov, L. and Sanchez, S. and Schmidt, O. G.
Journal: Angewandte Chemie International Edition : a journal of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker
Volume: 53
Pages: 2673--2677
Year: 2014
Publisher: Wiley-VCH

Department(s): Theory of Inhomogeneous Condensed Matter
Bibtex Type: Article (article)

Address: Weinheim
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201308610
Language: eng

BibTex

@article{escidoc:1963836,
  title = {Stimuli-Responsive Microjets with Reconfigurable Shape},
  author = {Magdanz, V. and Stoychev, G and Ionov, L. and Sanchez, S. and Schmidt, O. G.},
  journal = {Angewandte Chemie International Edition : a journal of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker},
  volume = {53},
  pages = {2673--2677},
  publisher = {Wiley-VCH},
  address = {Weinheim},
  year = {2014},
  doi = {10.1002/anie.201308610}
}