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Surface roughness-induced speed increase for active Janus micromotors

2015

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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

Department(s): Micro, Nano, and Molecular Systems, Theory of Inhomogeneous Condensed Matter
Bibtex Type: Article (article)

DOI: 10.1039/c5cc01607j
State: Published

BibTex

@article{2015choudhury,
  title = {Surface roughness-induced speed increase for active Janus micromotors},
  author = {Choudhury, Udit and Soler, Lluis and Gibbs, John G. and Sanchez, Samuel and Fischer, Peer},
  journal = {Chem. Comm.},
  volume = {51},
  number = {41},
  pages = {8660-8663},
  month = apr,
  year = {2015},
  doi = {10.1039/c5cc01607j},
  month_numeric = {4}
}