title: Shape-Controlled Fabrication of the Polymer-Based Micromotor Based on the Polydimethylsiloxane Template.
abstract: We report the utilization of the polydimethylsiloxane template to construct polymer-based autonomous micromotors with various structures. Solid or hollow micromotors, which consist of polycaprolactone and platinum nanoparticles, can be obtained with controllable sizes and shapes. The resulting micromotor can not only be self-propelled in solution based on the bubble propulsion mechanism in the presence of the hydrogen peroxide fuel, but also exhibit structure-dependent motion behavior. In addition, the micromotors can exhibit various functions, ranging from fluorescence, magnetic control to cargo transportation. Since the current method can be extended to a variety of organic and inorganic materials, we thus believe it may have great potential in the fabrication of different functional micromotors for diverse applications.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices and Collaborative Innovation Center (CIC) of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University , Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Miaoda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Su
authors.affiliation: Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices and Collaborative Innovation Center (CIC) of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University , Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Mei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices and Collaborative Innovation Center (CIC) of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University , Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Limei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices and Collaborative Innovation Center (CIC) of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University , Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yunyu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices and Collaborative Innovation Center (CIC) of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University , Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Mingtong
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices and Collaborative Innovation Center (CIC) of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University , Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Dalei
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices and Collaborative Innovation Center (CIC) of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University , Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices and Collaborative Innovation Center (CIC) of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University , Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dong
mesh_terms: D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes / Q000737:chemistry*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes; D011108:Polymers; C013830:baysilon