Poly(ionic liquid)s Based Brush Type Nanomotor

Yongjun Men; Yingfeng Tu; Wei Li; Fei Peng; Daniela  A. Wilson

doi:10.3390/mi9070364

Micromachines (Jul 2018)

Poly(ionic liquid)s Based Brush Type Nanomotor

Yongjun Men,
Yingfeng Tu,
Wei Li,
Fei Peng,
Daniela A. Wilson

Affiliations

Yongjun Men: Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Yingfeng Tu: Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Wei Li: Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Fei Peng: Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Daniela A. Wilson: Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/mi9070364
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 7
p. 364

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A brush type nanomotor was fabricated via assembly assistant polymerization of poly(ionic liquid) and surface grafting polymerization. The method for large-scale fabrication of brush nanomotors with soft surfaces is described. These soft locomotive particles are based on core-shell brush nanoparticles assembled from poly(ionic liquid) as core and thermoresponsive PNIPAM as brush shells on which platinum nanoparticle (PtNP) were grown in situ. The particles show non-Brownian motion in H2O2 solution.

Published in Micromachines

ISSN: 2072-666X (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology: Mechanical engineering and machinery
Website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/micromachines

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