Issue 74, 2022

Reversible speed control of one-stimulus-double-response, temperature-sensitive asymmetric hydrogel micromotors

Abstract

Soft, one-stimulus-double-response, thermo-sensitive, PNIPAm-based microgels are designed for controlled autonomous motion under stimuli. At higher temperature, the motors with physically encapsulated catalase move faster, while motors in which catalase is chemically linked to PNIPAm ceased moving. The phenomenon is reversible over multiple cycles of temperature.

Graphical abstract: Reversible speed control of one-stimulus-double-response, temperature-sensitive asymmetric hydrogel micromotors

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 may 2022
Accepted
03 avq 2022
First published
05 avq 2022
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2022,58, 10333-10336

Reversible speed control of one-stimulus-double-response, temperature-sensitive asymmetric hydrogel micromotors

S. P. Teora, K. H. van der Knaap, S. Keller, S. J. Rijpkema and D. A. Wilson, Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 10333 DOI: 10.1039/D2CC02854A

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