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Micromotors: Bioinspired Spiky Micromotors Based on Sporopollenin Exine Capsules (Adv. Funct. Mater. 32/2017)
Author(s) -
Wang Hong,
Potroz Michael G.,
Jackman Joshua A.,
Khezri Bahareh,
Marić Tijana,
Cho NamJoon,
Pumera Martin
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201770185
Subject(s) - sporopollenin , materials science , nanotechnology , dispersity , pollen , bubble , chemical engineering , botany , polymer chemistry , biology , engineering , parallel computing , computer science
A bioinspired micromotor based on sunflower pollen grains is presented by Martin Pumera and co‐workers in article number 1702338 . Processing of the pollen yields spike‐covered, monodisperse sporopollenin exine capsules. Bubble generation on the spiky surface propels the capsules to the end of cargo transport or dynamic decontamination of heavy metals.