Micro, Nano, and Molecular Systems
Theory of Inhomogeneous Condensed Matter
Article
2015
Surface roughness-induced speed increase for active Janus micromotors
Micro, Nano, and Molecular Systems
PostDoc, then Assistant Professor in Physics at Northern Arizona University, USA.
Micro, Nano, and Molecular Systems
PhD student (2019), then PostDoc at AMOLF, Netherlands.
We demonstrate a simple physical fabrication method to control surface roughness of Janus micromotors and fabricate self-propelled active Janus microparticles with rough catalytic platinum surfaces that show a four-fold increase in their propulsion speed compared to conventional Janus particles coated with a smooth Pt layer.
| Author(s): | Choudhury, Udit and Soler, Lluis and Gibbs, John G. and Sanchez, Samuel and Fischer, Peer |
| Journal: | Chem. Comm. |
| Volume: | 51 |
| Number (issue): | 41 |
| Pages: | 8660-8663 |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Month: | April |
| Bibtex Type: | Article (article) |
| DOI: | 10.1039/c5cc01607j |
| State: | Published |
| Electronic Archiving: | grant_archive |
BibTex
@article{2015choudhury,
title = {Surface roughness-induced speed increase for active Janus micromotors},
journal = {Chem. Comm.},
abstract = {We demonstrate a simple physical fabrication method to control surface roughness of Janus micromotors and fabricate self-propelled active Janus microparticles with rough catalytic platinum surfaces that show a four-fold increase in their propulsion speed compared to conventional Janus particles coated with a smooth Pt layer.},
volume = {51},
number = {41},
pages = {8660-8663},
month = apr,
year = {2015},
slug = {isi-000354200500022},
author = {Choudhury, Udit and Soler, Lluis and Gibbs, John G. and Sanchez, Samuel and Fischer, Peer},
month_numeric = {4}
}