Issue 39, 2014
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Effect of surfactants on the performance of tubular and spherical micromotors – a comparative study†

Juliane Simmchen,‡abc   Veronika Magdanz,‡c   Samuel Sanchez,*cd   Sarocha Chokmaviroj,ce   Daniel Ruiz-Molina,ab   Alejandro Baezafg  and  Oliver G. Schmidtch  

* Corresponding authors

a ICN2 - Institut Catala de Nanociencia i Nanotecnologia, Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

b CSIC - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, ICN2 Building Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

c IFW Dresden, Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, Helmholtzstr 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany

d Max-Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Heisenbergstr. 3, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
E-mail: sanchez@is.mpg.de

e Faculty of Engineering Chulalonkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

f Dep. de Química Inorgánica y Bioinorgánica, UCM, Plaza Ramón y Cajal s/n, Madrid, Spain

g Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Spain

h Material Systems for Nanoelectronics, Chemnitz University of Technology, Reichenhainerstr.70, 09107 Chemnitz, Germany

Abstract

The development of artificial micromotors is one of the greatest challenges of modern nanotechnology. Even though many kinds of motors have been published in recent times, systematic studies on the influence of components of the fuel solution are widely missing. Therefore, the autonomous movement of Pt-microtubes and Pt-covered silica particles is comparatively observed in the presence and absence of surfactants in the medium. One representative of each of the three main surfactant classes – anionic (sodium dodecyl sulfate, SDS), cationic (benzalkonium chloride, BACl) and non-ionic (Triton X) – has been chosen and studied.

Graphical abstract: Effect of surfactants on the performance of tubular and spherical micromotors – a comparative study

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4RA02202E
Article type
Paper
Submitted
13 Mar 2014
Accepted
12 Apr 2014
First published
14 Apr 2014
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2014,4, 20334-20340

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Effect of surfactants on the performance of tubular and spherical micromotors – a comparative study

J. Simmchen, V. Magdanz, S. Sanchez, S. Chokmaviroj, D. Ruiz-Molina, A. Baeza and O. G. Schmidt, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 20334 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA02202E

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