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Janus Micromotors: Visible Light Actuated Efficient Exclusion Between Plasmonic Ag/AgCl Micromotors and Passive Beads (Small 44/2018)
Author(s) -
Wang Xu,
Baraban Larysa,
Misko Vyacheslav R.,
Nori Franco,
Huang Tao,
Cuniberti Gianaurelio,
Fassbender Jürgen,
Makarov Denys
Publication year - 2018
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.201870203
Subject(s) - janus , plasmon , materials science , janus particles , nanotechnology , visible spectrum , optoelectronics
In article number 1802537 , Larysa Baraban, Denys Makarov, and co‐workers present novel plasmonic Ag/AgCl‐based spherical Janus micromotors and investigate their collective behavior upon interaction with nonmotile passive beads. An efficient exclusion behavior between Ag/AgCl micromotors and the surrounding passive beads is observed under visible light illumination in pure H 2 O. The exclusion effect is tunable by the number of catalytically active Janus particles forming a micromotor, which is demonstrated experimentally and using molecular‐dynamics simulations.