Fast-Moving Self-Propelled Droplets of a Nanocatalyzed Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction

Self-sustained locomotion by virtue of an internalized chemical reaction is a characteristic feature of living systems and has inspired researchers to develop such self-moving biomimetic systems. Here, we harness a self-oscillating Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction, a well-known chemical oscillator...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1985. - 37(2021), 43 vom: 02. Nov., Seite 12586-12595
1. Verfasser: Kumar, D Jaya Prasanna (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Borkar, Chaitra, Dayal, Pratyush
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2021
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
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