Micro, Nano, and Molecular Systems
Theory of Inhomogeneous Condensed Matter
Article
2015
Surface roughness-induced speed increase for active Janus micromotors
We demonstrate a simple physical fabrication method to control surface roughness of Janus micromotors and fabricate self-propelled active Janus microparticles with rough catalytic platinum surfaces that show a four-fold increase in their propulsion speed compared to conventional Janus particles coated with a smooth Pt layer.
| Author(s): | Choudhury, Udit and Soler, Lluis and Gibbs, John G. and Sanchez, Samuel and Fischer, Peer |
| Journal: | Chem. Comm. |
| Volume: | 51 |
| Number (issue): | 41 |
| Pages: | 8660-8663 |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Month: | April |
| Bibtex Type: | Article (article) |
| DOI: | 10.1039/c5cc01607j |
| State: | Published |
| Electronic Archiving: | grant_archive |
BibTex
@article{2015choudhury,
title = {Surface roughness-induced speed increase for active Janus micromotors},
journal = {Chem. Comm.},
abstract = {We demonstrate a simple physical fabrication method to control surface roughness of Janus micromotors and fabricate self-propelled active Janus microparticles with rough catalytic platinum surfaces that show a four-fold increase in their propulsion speed compared to conventional Janus particles coated with a smooth Pt layer.},
volume = {51},
number = {41},
pages = {8660-8663},
month = apr,
year = {2015},
slug = {isi-000354200500022},
author = {Choudhury, Udit and Soler, Lluis and Gibbs, John G. and Sanchez, Samuel and Fischer, Peer},
month_numeric = {4}
}