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Ultrafast Catalytic Alloy Nanomotors†

  1. U. Korcan Demirok2,
  2. Rawiwan Laocharoensuk2,
  3. Kalayil Manian Manesh1,
  4. Joseph Wang Prof.1

Article first published online: 29 OCT 2008

DOI: 10.1002/anie.200803841

Issue

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Volume 47, Issue 48, pages 9349–9351, November 17, 2008

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Demirok, U. Korcan., Laocharoensuk, R., Manesh, K. and Wang, J. (2008), Ultrafast Catalytic Alloy Nanomotors. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 47: 9349–9351. doi: 10.1002/anie.200803841

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 (USA), Fax: (+1) 858-534-9553 http://nanoengineering.ucsd.edu/∼joewang/

  2. 2

    Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 (USA)

  1. †

    This work was supported by the National Science Foundation (Grant Number CHE 0506529). R.L. acknowledges a fellowship from the DPST Program, Thailand.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 12 NOV 2008
  2. Article first published online: 29 OCT 2008
  3. Manuscript Received: 5 AUG 2008

Funded by

  • National Science Foundation. Grant Number: CHE 0506529
  • DPST Program

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Keywords:

  • alloys;
  • gold;
  • molecular devices;
  • nanomotors;
  • silver
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Turbo nanomotors: A dramatic increase of the speed of fuel-driven nanowire motors is obtained using an Ag/Au alloy segment. These nanomotors offer speeds as high as 150 μm s−1 (75 body lengths per second), approaching those of the most efficient biomotors. The increase in the fuel decomposition rate associated with the electrochemical reactivity of Ag/Au alloys will enable the design of energy-efficient nanomotors.

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