Issue 9, 2016
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Soft Matter

Catalytically driven assembly of trisegmented metallic nanorods and polystyrene tracer particles†

Erik L. Jewell,a   Wei Wang*b  and  Thomas E. Mallouk*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Departments of Chemistry, Physics, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
E-mail: tem5@psu.edu

b School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China
E-mail: weiwang_chem@126.com

Abstract

Trisegmented Au–Ru–Au and Ru–Au–Ru nanorods catalyze the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide, pumping fluid along their axis as “pullers” and “pushers” respectively. Numerical simulations and experiments with passive tracer particles show that catalytically generated hydrodynamic and electrostatic forces both contribute to pairwise and collective particle assembly.

Graphical abstract: Catalytically driven assembly of trisegmented metallic nanorods and polystyrene tracer particles

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5SM03066H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
18 Dec 2015
Accepted
05 Feb 2016
First published
08 Feb 2016

Soft Matter, 2016,12, 2501-2504

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Catalytically driven assembly of trisegmented metallic nanorods and polystyrene tracer particles

E. L. Jewell, W. Wang and T. E. Mallouk, Soft Matter, 2016, 12, 2501 DOI: 10.1039/C5SM03066H

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