Water-driven micromotors

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 8432-8438

  Gao, Wei ^a   Pei, Allen ^a   Wang, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

aluminum gallium alloy; hydrogen generation; Janus particles; micro nanomotor; propulsion; water

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEDIA; ENVIRONMENTAL PH; HUMAN SERUM; HYDROGEN BUBBLES; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; JANUS PARTICLES; LIQUID GALLIUM; MICRO-CONTACT; MICRO-PARTICLES; MICRO/NANOMOTOR; MICROMOTOR; RAPID REACTIONS; SPHERICAL MOTOR; SPONTANEOUS GENERATION;

ALUMINUM; GALLIUM; GALLIUM ALLOYS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; IONIC STRENGTH; MICROMOTORS; PROPULSION; WATER;

ALUMINUM COATINGS;

HYDROGEN; METAL NANOPARTICLE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; GAS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOTION; ROTATION;

ENERGY TRANSFER; GASES; HYDROGEN; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOTION; ROTATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WATER;

EID: 84866505905     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn303309z     Document Type: Article

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