Issue 33, 2015

One-step fabrication of multifunctional micromotors

Abstract

Although artificial micromotors have undergone tremendous progress in recent years, their fabrication normally requires complex steps or expensive equipment. In this paper, we report a facile one-step method based on an emulsion solvent evaporation process to fabricate multifunctional micromotors. By simultaneously incorporating various components into an oil-in-water droplet, upon emulsification and solidification, a sphere-shaped, asymmetric, and multifunctional micromotor is formed. Some of the attractive functions of this model micromotor include autonomous movement in high ionic strength solution, remote control, enzymatic disassembly and sustained release. This one-step, versatile fabrication method can be easily scaled up and therefore may have great potential in mass production of multifunctional micromotors for a wide range of practical applications.

Graphical abstract: One-step fabrication of multifunctional micromotors

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
31 May 2015
Accepted
12 Jul 2015
First published
17 Jul 2015

Nanoscale, 2015,7, 13918-13923

Author version available

One-step fabrication of multifunctional micromotors

W. Gao, M. Liu, L. Liu, H. Zhang, B. Dong and C. Y. Li, Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 13918 DOI: 10.1039/C5NR03574K

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