Self-propelled micromotors for cleaning polluted water

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 9611-9620

  Soler, Lluís ^a,b   Magdanz, Veronika ^a   Fomin, Vladimir M ^a   Sanchez, Samuel ^a,b   Schmidt, Oliver G ^a,c  

^a IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^c CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

bubble propulsion; catalytic micromotors; Fenton reaction; micromixing; nanomotors; water remediation

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATED WATER; FENTON OXIDATION PROCESS; FENTON REACTIONS; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; MICRO-MIXING; NANOMOTORS; REACTION DIFFUSION; WATER REMEDIATION;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MICROMOTORS; OXIDATION RESISTANCE; PEROXIDES; PROPULSION;

WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84888873983     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn405075d     Document Type: Article

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