葡萄糖燃料的高效可见光光催化推进微型马达。
Glucose-Fueled Micromotors with Highly Efficient Visible-Light Photocatalytic Propulsion.
机构信息
School of Chemistry and Environment, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage , South China Normal University , Guangzhou 510006 , China.
Research Institute of Materials Science , South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640 , China.
出版信息
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2019 Feb 13;11(6):6201-6207. doi: 10.1021/acsami.8b17563. Epub 2019 Jan 31.
Synthetic micro/nanomotors fueled by glucose are highly desired for numerous practical applications because of the biocompatibility of their required fuel. However, currently all of the glucose-fueled micro/nanomotors are based on enzyme-catalytic-driven mechanisms, which usually suffer from strict operation conditions and weak propulsion characteristics that greatly limit their applications. Here, we report a highly efficient glucose-fueled cuprous oxide@N-doped carbon nanotube (CuO@N-CNT) micromotor, which can be activated by environment-friendly visible-light photocatalysis. The speeds of such CuO@N-CNT micromotors can reach up to 18.71 μm/s, which is comparable to conventional Pt-based catalytic Janus micromotors usually fueled by toxic HO fuel. In addition, the velocities of such motors can be efficiently regulated by multiple approaches, such as adjusting the N-CNT content within the micromotors, glucose concentrations, or light intensities. Furthermore, the CuO@N-CNT micromotors exhibit a highly controllable negative phototaxis behavior (moving away from light sources). Such motors with outstanding propulsion in biological environments and wireless, repeatable, and light-modulated three-dimensional motion control are extremely attractive for future practical applications.
基于葡萄糖供能的合成微/纳米马达因其燃料的生物相容性而在众多实际应用中受到高度关注。然而,目前所有基于葡萄糖供能的微/纳米马达都基于酶催化驱动机制,这种机制通常受到严格的操作条件和较弱的推进特性的限制,极大地限制了它们的应用。在这里,我们报告了一种高效的葡萄糖供能的氧化亚铜@氮掺杂碳纳米管(CuO@N-CNT)微米马达,它可以通过环保的可见光光催化来激活。这种 CuO@N-CNT 微米马达的速度可以达到 18.71 μm/s,与通常由有毒 HO 燃料供能的传统 Pt 基催化的詹纳斯微米马达相当。此外,通过多种方法可以有效地调节这些马达的速度,例如调整微米马达内的 N-CNT 含量、葡萄糖浓度或光强度。此外,CuO@N-CNT 微米马达表现出高度可控的负趋光性(远离光源)。这种在生物环境中具有出色推进性能的马达,以及无线、可重复和光调制的三维运动控制,对于未来的实际应用极具吸引力。