title: Bubble-propelled micromotors for enhanced transport of passive tracers.
abstract: Fluid convection and mixing induced by bubble-propelled tubular microengines are characterized using passive microsphere tracers. Enhanced transport of the passive tracers by bubble-propelled micromotors, indicated by their mean squared displacement (MSD), is dramatically larger than that observed in the presence of catalytic nanowires and Janus particle motors. Bubble generation is shown to play a dominant role in the effective fluid transport observed in the presence of tubular microengines. These findings further support the potential of using bubble-propelled microengines for mixing reagents and accelerating reaction rates. The study offers useful insights toward understanding the role of the motion of multiple micromotors, bubble generation, and additional factors (e.g., motor density and fuel concentration) upon the observed motor-induced fluid transport.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States.
authors.forename: Jahir
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Orozco
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jurado-Sánchez
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vazquez-Duhalt
authors.forename: Sirilak
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sattayasamitsathit
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Galarnyk
authors.forename: Allan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cortés
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Saintillan
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D008863:Microspheres