Hydrophobic Janus Foam Motors: Self-Propulsion and On-The-Fly Oil Absorption

Hydrophobic Janus Foam Motors: Self-Propulsion and On-The-Fly Oil Absorption

In this work, we for the first time have proposed and fabricated a self-propelled Janus foam motor for on-the-fly oil absorption on water by simply loading camphor/stearic acid (SA) mixture as fuels into one end of the SA-modified polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) foam. The as-fabricated Janus foam motors sho...

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Main Authors: Xiaofeng Li, Fangzhi Mou, Jingjing Guo, Zhuoyi Deng, Chuanrui Chen, Leilei Xu, Ming Luo, Jianguo Guan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-01-01
Series:Micromachines
Subjects:
self-propulsion
oil/water separation
foam
capillary interaction
Marangoni effect
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/9/1/23

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