Issue 45, 2019
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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

A hybrid camphor–camphene wax material for studies on self-propelled motion†

Richard J. G. Löffler, ORCID logo a   Martin M. Hanczyc ORCID logo bc  and  Jerzy Gorecki ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, Warsaw 01-224, Poland
E-mail: jgorecki@ichf.edu.pl

b Laboratory for Artificial Biology, Department of Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology (CIBIO), University of Trento, Polo Scientifico e Tecnologico Fabio Ferrari, Polo B, Via Sommarive 9, 38123 Povo, TN, Italy

c Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA

Abstract

A new material that combines the self-propelling properties of camphor with the malleability of camphene is reported. It has wax-like mechanical properties at room temperature and can be formed into required shapes. The speed of the self-propelled objects and the trajectory depend on the shape and camphor–camphene weight ratio.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CP04722K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
26 Aug 2019
Accepted
17 Oct 2019
First published
08 Nov 2019
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2019,21, 24852-24856

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A hybrid camphor–camphene wax material for studies on self-propelled motion

R. J. G. Löffler, M. M. Hanczyc and J. Gorecki, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2019, 21, 24852 DOI: 10.1039/C9CP04722K

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