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Enhanced speed of bimetallic nanorod motors by surface roughening
Nicole S Zacharia1, Zaheen S Sadeq, Geoffrey A Ozin
1Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George St., Toronto, Canada M5S 3H6.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|September 30, 2009
Abstract:
The speed of hydrogen peroxide propelled bimetallic nanorods in water is shown to be proportional to the surface area of the catalytic segment of the nanorods.
