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 …

3D-printed microrobots from design to translation

SR Dabbagh, MR Sarabi, MT Birtek, S Seyfi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Microrobots have attracted the attention of scientists owing to their unique features to
accomplish tasks in hard-to-reach sites in the human body. Microrobots can be precisely …

Urease-powered nanobots for radionuclide bladder cancer therapy

C Simó, M Serra-Casablancas, AC Hortelao… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Bladder cancer treatment via intravesical drug administration achieves reasonable survival
rates but suffers from low therapeutic efficacy. To address the latter, self-propelled …

Copper single-atom jellyfish-like nanomotors for enhanced tumor penetration and nanocatalytic therapy

Y **ng, J **u, M Zhou, T Xu, M Zhang, H Li, X Li, X Du… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Single-atom catalysts with extraordinary catalytic activity have been receiving great attention
in tumor therapy. However, most single-atom catalysts lack self-propulsion properties …

Trends in micro‐/nanorobotics: materials development, actuation, localization, and system integration for biomedical applications

B Wang, K Kostarelos, BJ Nelson… - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Micro‐/nanorobots (m‐bots) have attracted significant interest due to their suitability
for applications in biomedical engineering and environmental remediation. Particularly, their …

Medical micro/nanorobots in precision medicine

F Soto, J Wang, R Ahmed, U Demirci - Advanced science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in medical robots promise to improve modern medicine and the quality of life.
Miniaturization of these robotic platforms has led to numerous applications that leverages …

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 …

Enzyme-based mesoporous nanomotors with near-infrared optical brakes

M Liu, L Chen, Z Zhao, M Liu, T Zhao… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
As one of the most important parameters of the nanomotors' motion, precise speed control of
enzyme-based nanomotors is highly desirable in many bioapplications. However, owing to …

Metal–organic frameworks enhance biomimetic cascade catalysis for biosensing

W Xu, L Jiao, Y Wu, L Hu, W Gu, C Zhu - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple enzymes‐induced biological cascade catalysis guides efficient and selective
substrate transformations in vivo. The biomimetic cascade systems, as ingenious strategies …

Swarming behavior and in vivo monitoring of enzymatic nanomotors within the bladder

AC Hortelao, C Simó, M Guix, S Guallar-Garrido… - Science Robotics, 2021 - science.org
Enzyme-powered nanomotors are an exciting technology for biomedical applications due to
their ability to navigate within biological environments using endogenous fuels. However …