Corrosion due to ageing influences the performance of tubular platinum microrobots

• Main Authors: Maric, Tijana, Wang, Yong, Khezri, Bahareh, Pumera, Martin, Muhammad Zafir Mohamad Nasir
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Micromotors; Corrosion; DRNTU::Science::Chemistry
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105737; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48742
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Autonomous self-propelled nano and microrobots are in the forefront of materials research. The micromachines are typically prepared in batches, stored and subsequently used. We show here that the storage of platinum tubular catalytic microrobots in water causes their corrosion which results in their...