Synthetic self-propelled nanorotors

Authors: S. Fournier‐Bidoz, Andr� C. Arsenault, Ian Manners, Geoffrey A. Ozin - Chemical Communications 2004 cited by 553

Self-powered completely synthetic nanorotors have been prepared from barcoded gold-nickel nanorods having the gold end anchored to the surface of a silicon wafer; constant velocity circular movements are observed when hydrogen peroxide fuel is catalytically decomposed to oxygen at the unattached nickel end of the nanorod.