Self-steerable propulsion of disk-like micro-craft with dual off-center nanoengines

• Main Authors: Hu, Liangxing, Tao, Kai, Lim, Yu Dian, Miao, Jianmin, Kim, Young Jin
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Self-steerable Propulsion; Disk-like Micro-craft
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/142848
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper reports a novel disk-like micro-craft with dual off-center nozzle nanoengines, consisting of three different metals: gold, nickel, and platinum. A bubble propulsion mechanism originating from momentum change induced by the detachment of oxygen bubbles is proposed to elaborate the self-ste...