发动机和转子合一:可调节运动模式的光活性ZnO/Au双棒
Sinan Du1,2, Huaguang Wang2, Chao Zhou3
1Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research , Soochow University , Suzhou 215006 , China.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|January 21, 2020
概括
研究人员开发了能够使用多种运动模式的新型氧化/金 (ZnO/Au) 微机器. 这些微型机器人具有可控制的转换和旋转,
科学领域:
- 材料科学
- 纳米技术
- 化学工程
背景情况:
- 精确控制微机运动对于它们的功能至关重要.
- 目前的微机通常只有一个运动模式 (转换或旋转).
- 从单一微机设计中实现多种可控的运动模式是一个重大挑战.
研究的目的:
- 设计和合成新的光化学驱动微机器.
- 调查这些微型机器显示多种运动模式的能力.
- 探索不同运动模式之间的控制机制.
主要方法:
- 氧化物/黄金 (ZnO/Au) 纳米棒的合成
- 使用均的紫外线辐射作为启动源.
- 改变燃料度和光强以影响运动.
- 调节入射灯的角度以切换运动模式.
主要成果:
- 在紫外线照射下,ZnO/Au棒表现出多种运动模式.
- 随着燃料度或光强度的增加,从弹道运动转变为持续的旋转运动.
- 运动模式可以通过调整光线发射角度从圆形转向螺旋运动,然后转向直线运动.
结论:
- 开发的ZnO/Au棒提供可控制的多模式运动.
- 光化学驱动提供了一种控制微机动性的多功能方法.
- 这些发现对需要复杂微型机器人操纵的各种应用具有前景.
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