Photo-chemopropulsion--light-stimulated movement of microdroplets.

Florea, Larisa; Wagner, Klaudia; Wagner, Pawel; Wallace, Gordon G; Benito-Lopez, Fernando; Officer, David L; Diamond, Dermot · Adv Mater · 2014

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The controlled movement of a chemical container by the light-activated expulsion of a chemical fuel, named here "photo-chemopropulsion", is an exciting new development in the array of mechanisms employed for controlling the movement of microvehicles, herein represented by lipid-based microdroplets. This "chemopropulsion" effect can be switched on and off, and is fully reversible.

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