Laocharoensuk, Rawiwan and Burdick, Jared and Wang, Joseph (2008) Carbon-nanotuble-induced acceleration of catalytic nanomotors. ACS NANO, 2 (5). pp. 1069-1075.
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Official URL: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn800154g
Abstract
Synthetic nanoscale motors represent a major step toward the development of practical nanomachines. Despite impressive progress, man-made nanomachines lack the efficiency and speed of their biological counterparts. Here we show that the incorporation of carbon nanotubes (CNT) into the platinum (Pt) component of asymmetric metal nanowire motors leads to dramatically accelerated movement in hydrogen-peroxide solutions, with average speeds (50-60 mu m/s) approaching those of natural biomolecular motors. Further acceleration-to 94 mu m/s, with some motors moving above 200 mu m/s-is observed upon adding hydrazine to the peroxide fuel. Factors influencing the accelerated movement, including the CNT loading and fuel concentration, are examined. Such development of highly efficient and controllable nanomotors offers great promise for self-powered nanoscale transport and delivery systems.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | carbon nanotubes; catalytic nanomotors; high speed; hydrogen peroxide; hydrazine |
| Subjects: | Material Science > Functional and hybrid materials Physical Science > Nano objects |
| ID Code: | 446 |
| Deposited By: | Farnush Anwar |
| Deposited On: | 12 Dec 2008 10:52 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Jan 2009 10:05 |
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