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pH‐Responsive On‐Off Motion of a Superhydrophobic Boat: Towards the Design of a Minirobot
Author(s) -
Xiao Meng,
Guo Xianpeng,
Cheng Mengjiao,
Ju Guannan,
Zhang Yajun,
Shi Feng
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201302132
Subject(s) - clutch , motion (physics) , computer science , value (mathematics) , service (business) , nanotechnology , human–computer interaction , world wide web , materials science , artificial intelligence , mechanical engineering , engineering , business , marketing , machine learning
Combining chemical reactions and stimuli‐responsive surfaces as clutch system , a functional cooperating minirobot with on‐off locomotion that is responsive to pH changes is fabricated. Its locomotion can be switched on by changing pH value of the solution from 1 to 13, turned off by adjusting the pH back to acidic, and restarted by transforming the solution to basic.