Temperature effects on disk-like gold-nickel-platinum nanoswimmer's propulsion fuelled by hydrogen peroxide

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
7142578	Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical	2017	11 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Disk-like gold-nickel-platinum nanoswimmer's autonomous propulsion induced by the detachment of oxygen bubbles is experimentally investigated by changing the temperature of hydrogen peroxide solution, which reveals that the propulsion of the nanoswimmers is temperature-dependent.

Keywords

deionized HMDS NTU oxygen bubbles PECVD EDS RIE PDMS RPM ADP H2SO4 KOH hexamethyldisilazane H2O Na+NEMs Water Hydrogen peroxide Adenosine Triphosphate ATP adenosine diphosphate Reactive ion etch Temperature effects Ultraviolet Oxygen MAE Nanyang Technological University revolutions per minute Sulfuric acid silicon SiO2 Silicon dioxide IMF Gold energy dispersive spectrometry SEM Scanning electron microscopy Nickel H2O2 Potassium Hydroxide Proton Platinum Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition Polydimethylsiloxane Sodium ion