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A Polymerization‐Powered Motor

Author(s) -

Pavlick Ryan A.,

Sengupta Samudra,

McFadden Timothy,

Zhang Hua,

Sen Ayusman

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

angewandte chemie international edition

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831

H-Index - 550

eISSN - 1521-3773

pISSN - 1433-7851

DOI - 10.1002/anie.201103565

Subject(s) - monomer , janus , polymerization , polymer , catalysis , molecular motor , microsphere , chemistry , materials science , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , engineering , organic chemistry

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.

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