Designing catalytic nanomotors by dynamic shadowing growth

作者:He Yuping; Wu Jinsong; Zhao Yiping*
来源:Nano Letters, 2007, 7(5): 1369-1375.
DOI:10.1021/nl070461j

摘要

Using a geometric shadowing effect, a thin catalyst layer can be coated asymmetrically on the side of a nanorod backbone. Combining with substrate rotation, a dynamic shadowing growth technique has been developed to fabricate catalytic nanomotors such as rotary Si/Pt nanorods, rotary L-shaped Si/Pt and Si/Ag nanorods, and rolling Si/Ag nanosprings, and their autonomous motions have been demonstrated in a diluted H2O2 solution. This fabrication method reveals an optimistic step toward designing integrated nanomachines.

  • 出版日期2007-5