Self-Propelled and Long-Time Transport Motion of PVC Particles on a Water Surface

Lei Wang; Bin Yuan; Jinrong Lu; Sicong Tan; Fujun Liu; Lujia Yu; Zhizhu He; Jing Liu

doi:10.1002/adma.201600007

Self-Propelled and Long-Time Transport Motion of PVC Particles on a Water Surface

Adv Mater. 2016 Jun;28(21):4065-70. doi: 10.1002/adma.201600007. Epub 2016 Mar 31.

Authors

Lei Wang¹, Bin Yuan¹, Jinrong Lu¹, Sicong Tan¹, Fujun Liu¹, Lujia Yu¹, Zhizhu He¹, Jing Liu^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Beijing Key Lab of Cryobiomedical Engineering and Key Lab of Cryogenics, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.
² Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China.

PMID: 27031683
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201600007

Abstract

Driven by the Marangoni effect, a poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) particle runs in its orbit (a) with high velocity due to the release of surfactant and heat. The PVC particles are also able to efficiently drive an aluminum bulk and to induce spinning and quick runs on a water surface (b).

Keywords: Marangoni effect; long-lasting transport; polyvinyl chloride; self-motion; spin-driving.