Moving nanorods carying nanospheres- By Rabih

Glass coated 9-AC organic nanorods (200 nn thick and 60 microns long) are sputtered with polymer nanospheres (200 nm in diameter). The polymer nanospheres stick on the 9-AC nanorods and hitch a ride while the nanorod sways from side to side when illuminated with UV light.
The green clums you see scattered all over the frame, are clusters of the polymer nanospheres. Th e 9-AC nanorod looks like a "nerds" candy rope.

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[robzeemob]

These nanorods are made of photoresponsive organic small molecules, such as anthracene esters.

Google organic nanorods, Journal of the American Chemical Society...

Cheers

PS: Gold nanorods are still very interesting ;)

[ysvry]

looks your well on your way creating the first cyborg sperm :P

[robzeemob]

All I need to do is attach a nanospehere loaded with DNA on one end the nanorod!

Think about that!! :)

[KhrisAU]

So why are nanorods better than nanospheres? why should nanorods be used instead of the existing technology? Why should we change to nanotechnology?

[robzeemob]

Depends on what you want to use them for. Nanorods provide large surface area to volume ratio. In the bulk we are only using the surface molecules.

Why should we change to nanotechnology? Why not? Because smaller is "faster" and smaller provides us with an extra dimension.

[Grundalizer]

so what are your trying to do with this. what polymer are these rods and nanospheres made of?

[robzeemob]

I am glad that you are interested in this type of research. The nanorods are not made up of a polymer. They are composed of photoreactive small molecules of an anthracene derivative. The anthracene derivative react with each other when exposed to UV light causing the nanorod to move in response. The nanospheres on the other hand are made of PMMA polymer. They are commercially available. We hope to use these nanorods as nano actuators!! Any suggestions!

[iimanda]

O_O whoa, i'm working with gold nanorods but i've never heard of organic nanorods. what exactly are they?

[robzeemob]

I hope so!! Cheers!

[edwin00420]

we are witnessing the future