Abstract
We demonstrate here that iron containing rolled-up microtubular engines can be magnetized and act as compass needles - they sense the direction of an external magnetic field from afar and align the directionalities of their movements according to the external field, in a similar fashion to magnetotactic bacteria.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 10090-10092 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Chemical Communications |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue number | 81 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 Sept 17 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Catalysis
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Ceramics and Composites
- Chemistry(all)
- Surfaces, Coatings and Films
- Metals and Alloys
- Materials Chemistry