A polymerization-powered motor

Ryan A. Pavlick, Samudra Sengupta, Timothy McFadden, Hua Zhang, Ayusman Sen

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Abstract

Polymer powered! A polymerization reaction has been used to power the first micromotor outside biological systems. The motor employs a form of Grubbs' catalyst asymmetrically bound to gold-silica Janus microspheres (see picture). These motors show increased diffusion of up to 70% when placed in solutions of the monomer. The motors also exhibit chemotaxis when placed in a monomer gradient.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)9374-9377
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume50
Issue number40
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 26 2011

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Catalysis
  • General Chemistry

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