Micro/nanorobots for biomedicine: Delivery, surgery, sensing, and detoxification

J Li, B Esteban-Fernández de Ávila, W Gao, L Zhang… - Science robotics, 2017 - science.org
Micro-and nanoscale robots that can effectively convert diverse energy sources into
movement and force represent a rapidly emerging and fascinating robotics research area …

Fuel‐free synthetic micro‐/nanomachines

T Xu, W Gao, LP Xu, X Zhang, S Wang - Advanced Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Inspired by the swimming of natural microorganisms, synthetic micro‐/nanomachines, which
convert energy into movement, are able to mimic the function of these amazing natural …

Micro/nanomotors towards in vivo application: cell, tissue and biofluid

F Peng, Y Tu, DA Wilson - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Inspired by highly efficient natural motors, synthetic micro/nanomotors are self-propelled
machines capable of converting the supplied fuel into mechanical motion. A significant …

Shape-transformable, fusible rodlike swimming liquid metal nanomachine

D Wang, C Gao, W Wang, M Sun, B Guo, H **e, Q He - ACS nano, 2018 - ACS Publications
The T-1000 liquid metal terminator, which can transform and self-repair, represents a dream
for decades that robots can fundamentally change our daily life. Until now, some large-scale …

Acoustically propelled nanomotors for intracellular siRNA delivery

B Esteban-Fernández de Ávila, C Angell, F Soto… - Acs Nano, 2016 - ACS Publications
An effective intracellular gene silencing strategy based on acoustically propelled nanowires
modified with an interfering RNA's (siRNA) payload is described. The gold nanowires …

Rocket science at the nanoscale

J Li, I Rozen, J Wang - ACS nano, 2016 - ACS Publications
Autonomous propulsion at the nanoscale represents one of the most challenging and
demanding goals in nanotechnology. Over the past decade, numerous important advances …

Ultrasound propulsion of micro-/nanomotors

T Xu, LP Xu, X Zhang - Applied Materials Today, 2017 - Elsevier
Synthetic micro-/nanomachines, which are able to mimic the amazing natural system, can
convert energy source into movement, and are expected to help humanity complete …

[HTML][HTML] Free vibrations of Bernoulli-Euler nano-beams by the stress-driven nonlocal integral model

A Apuzzo, R Barretta, R Luciano, FM de Sciarra… - Composites Part B …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Nonlocal theories of Continuum Mechanics are widely used in order to assess size
effects in nano-structures. In this paper, free vibrations of nano-beams are investigated by …

Highly efficient freestyle magnetic nanoswimmer

T Li, J Li, KI Morozov, Z Wu, T Xu, I Rozen… - Nano …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The unique swimming strategies of natural microorganisms have inspired recent
development of magnetic micro/nanorobots powered by artificial helical or flexible flagella …

Light-Driven Au-WO3@C Janus Micromotors for Rapid Photodegradation of Dye Pollutants

Q Zhang, R Dong, Y Wu, W Gao, Z He… - ACS applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
A novel light-driven Au-WO3@ C Janus micromotor based on colloidal carbon WO3
nanoparticle composite spheres (WO3@ C) prepared by one-step hydrothermal treatment is …