A Perfect Plastic Material for Studies on Self-Propelled Motion on the Water Surface.

ABSTRACT: We describe a novel plastic material composed of camphene, camphor, and polypropylene that seems perfectly suited for studies on self-propelled objects on the water surface. Self-motion is one of the attributes of life, and chemically propelled objects show numerous similarities with animated motion. One of important questions is the relationship between the object shape and its motility. In our previous paper, {R. Löffler et al. PCCP, 2019, 21, 24852-24856}, we presented a novel hybrid material, obtained from the solution of camphor in camphene, that allowed making objects of various shapes. This hybrid material has wax-like mechanical properties, but it has a very high tackiness. Here, we report that a small amount of polypropylene removed this undesirable feature. We investigated the pr

SUBMITTER: Loffler RJG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8197156 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature