Self‐Propulsion: Superfast Near‐Infrared Light‐Driven Polymer Multilayer Rockets (Small 5/2016)
Source abstract
Abstract
T. Si, Q. He, and co-workers demonstrate the fuel-free, highly efficient propulsion of gold nanoshell-functionalized polymeric multilayer rockets under NIR illumination. On page 577, the NIR-driven rockets, fabricated by nanoporous template-assisted polyelectrolyte layer-by-layer assembly, can move at a speed of 160 μm s−1 owing to the self-thermophoretic forces generated by the photothermal effect. This NIR-driven rocket is able to target cancer cells without side effects on the cell under exposure to NIR, indicating considerable promise for future biomedical applications.
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Research context
OpenAlex topics: Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics · Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks · Micro and Nano Robotics
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Affiliations
State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System (HIT) Micro/Nanotechnology Research Center Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin 150080 China
Department of Nanoengineering University of California San Diego, La Jolla CA 92093 USA
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences University of California Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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