Layered double hydroxide-based nanomaterials for biomedical applications

T Hu, Z Gu, GR Williams, M Strimaite, J Zha… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Against the backdrop of increased public health awareness, inorganic nanomaterials have
been widely explored as promising nanoagents for various kinds of biomedical applications …

Magnetically driven micro and nanorobots

H Zhou, CC Mayorga-Martinez, S Pané… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Manipulation and navigation of micro and nanoswimmers in different fluid environments can
be achieved by chemicals, external fields, or even motile cells. Many researchers have …

Tracking and navigation of a microswarm under laser speckle contrast imaging for targeted delivery

Q Wang, Q Wang, Z Ning, KF Chan, J Jiang, Y Wang… - Science Robotics, 2024 - science.org
Micro/nanorobotic swarms consisting of numerous tiny building blocks show great potential
in biomedical applications because of their collective active delivery ability, enhanced …

Controlled propulsion of micro/nanomotors: operational mechanisms, motion manipulation and potential biomedical applications

T Liu, L **e, CAH Price, J Liu, Q He… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Inspired by natural mobile microorganisms, researchers have developed micro/nanomotors
(MNMs) that can autonomously move by transducing different kinds of energies into kinetic …

Swarming magnetic nanorobots bio-interfaced by heparinoid-polymer brushes for in vivo safe synergistic thrombolysis

M Yang, Y Zhang, F Mou, C Cao, L Yu, Z Li… - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
Biocompatible swarming magnetic nanorobots that work in blood vessels for safe and
efficient targeted thrombolytic therapy in vivo are demonstrated. This is achieved by using …

Micro/nanorobotic swarms: from fundamentals to functionalities

J Law, J Yu, W Tang, Z Gong, X Wang, Y Sun - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Swarms, which stem from collective behaviors among individual elements, are commonly
seen in nature. Since two decades ago, scientists have been attempting to understand the …

Lighting up micro-/nanorobots with fluorescence

M Yang, X Guo, F Mou, J Guan - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Micro-/nanorobots (MNRs) can be autonomously propelled on demand in complex
biological environments and thus may bring revolutionary changes to biomedicines …

Environmentally adaptive shape-morphing microrobots for localized cancer cell treatment

C **n, D **, Y Hu, L Yang, R Li, L Wang, Z Ren… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Microrobots have attracted considerable attention due to their extensive applications in
microobject manipulation and targeted drug delivery. To realize more complex micro …

Magnetic microswarm and fluoroscopy‐guided platform for biofilm eradication in biliary stents

M Sun, KF Chan, Z Zhang, L Wang, Q Wang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biofilm eradication from medical implants is of fundamental importance, and the treatment of
biofilm‐associated pathogen infections on inaccessible biliary stents remains challenging …

Control and autonomy of microrobots: Recent progress and perspective

J Jiang, Z Yang, A Ferreira… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
After decades of development, microrobots have exhibited great application potential in the
biomedical field, such as minimally invasive surgery, drug delivery, and bio‐sensing …