Enhanced ion tolerance of electrokinetic locomotion in polyelectrolyte-coated microswimmer
oleh: Xiaojun Zhan, Jizhuang Wang, Ze Xiong, Xuan Zhang, Ying Zhou, Jing Zheng, Jianan Chen, Shien-Ping Feng, Jinyao Tang
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2019-09-01 |
Deskripsi
Electrophoretic microswimmers aren’t well suited to function in vivo because electric-field screening reduces their speed in higher ionic-strength solutions. Here the authors propose a microswimmer that exploits high surface conductance to improve this ion tolerance to enable operation in a high salt environment.