Smart materials for microrobots

F Soto, E Karshalev, F Zhang… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Over the past 15 years, the field of microrobotics has exploded with many research groups
from around the globe contributing to numerous innovations that have led to exciting new …

Engineering hydrogel‐based biomedical photonics: design, fabrication, and applications

CF Guimarães, R Ahmed, AP Marques… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Light guiding and manipulation in photonics have become ubiquitous in events ranging from
everyday communications to complex robotics and nanomedicine. The speed and sensitivity …

Volbots: Volvox Microalgae‐Based Robots for Multimode Precision Imaging and Therapy

J Wang, F Soto, S Liu, Q Yin, E Purcell… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biohybrid microrobotics are exploited as a delivery approach to actively transport
therapeutic payload to tumors. However, the therapeutic utility of this approach can be …

Manganese‐Based Micro/Nanomotors: Synthesis, Motion, and Applications

Y Yang, K Hu, P Zhang, P Zhou, X Duan, H Sun… - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As emerging micro/nano‐scale devices, micro/nanomotors have been innovatively applied
in the environmental and biomedical applications. In this paper, the recent advances of Mn …

Polymeric micro/nanocarriers and motors for cargo transport and phototriggered delivery

P Mena-Giraldo, J Orozco - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Smart polymer-based micro/nanoassemblies have emerged as a promising alternative for
transporting and delivering a myriad of cargo. Cargo encapsulation into (or linked to) …

Engineered living bioassemblies for biomedical and functional material applications

CF Guimarães, F Soto, J Wang, D Akin, RL Reis… - Current Opinion in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Biofabrication can be used in biomedical and engineering applications.•
Bioassemblies could offer new insights into the inner workings of biological …

Intelligent Micro/nanorobots Based on Biotemplate

T Chen, Y Cai, B Ren, BJ Sánchez, R Dong - Materials horizons, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Intelligent micro/nanorobots based on natural materials as biotemplates are considered to
be some of the most promising robots in the future in the microscopic field. Due to the …

Living materials-derived intelligent micro/nanorobots

S Wang, Y Liu, S Sun, Q Gui, W Liu, W Long - Biomaterials Science, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Living materials, which include various types of cells, organelles, and biological components
from animals, plants, and microorganisms, have become central to recent investigations in …

Progress and challenges in biomarker enrichment for cancer early detection

PD Sinawang, F Soto, MO Ozen, D Akin… - Progress in …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Cancer cells generate and secrete diverse molecules into circulation that could be used as
signatures for health and disease. A significant obstacle in detecting such molecules derives …

Publishing Translational Research of Nanomedicine in ACS Nano

T Hu, CJ Brinker, WCW Chan, C Chen, X Chen, D Ho… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Biomedical research largely focuses on establishing the underlying biological mechanisms
of a disease in order to develop medicines to treat or prevent it. These fundamental studies …