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Serena P Teora1, Kirsten H van der Knaap1, Shauni Keller1
1Department of Systems Chemistry, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands. d.wilson@science.ru.nl.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|August 11, 2022
Abstract:
Soft, one-stimulus-double-response, thermo-sensitive, PNIPAm-based microgels are designed for controlled autonomous motion under stimuli. At higher temperature, the motors with physically encapsulated catalase move faster, while motors in which catalase is chemically linked to PNIPAm ceased moving. The phenomenon is reversible over multiple cycles of temperature.
