[HTML][HTML] 3D printing of stimuli-responsive hydrogel materials: Literature review and emerging applications

ZU Arif, MY Khalid, A Tariq, M Hossain, R Umer - Giant, 2024 - Elsevier
Additive manufacturing (AM) aka three-dimensional (3D) printing has been a well-
established and unparalleled technology, which is expanding the boundaries of materials …

[HTML][HTML] 3D printing of magneto-active smart materials for advanced actuators and soft robotics applications

MY Khalid, ZU Arif, A Tariq, M Hossain, KA Khan… - European Polymer …, 2024 - Elsevier
In the contemporary era, novel manufacturing technologies like additive manufacturing (AM)
have revolutionized the different engineering sectors including biomedical, aerospace …

Design and build of small-scale magnetic soft-bodied robots with multimodal locomotion

Z Ren, M Sitti - Nature protocols, 2024 - nature.com
Small-scale magnetic soft-bodied robots can be designed to operate based on different
locomotion modes to navigate and function inside unstructured, confined and varying …

Artificial-goosebump-driven microactuation

M Zhang, A Pal, X Lyu, Y Wu, M Sitti - Nature materials, 2024 - nature.com
Microactuators provide controllable driving forces for precise positioning, manipulation and
operation at the microscale. Development of microactuators using active materials is often …

Responsive magnetic nanocomposites for intelligent shape-morphing microrobots

Y Liu, G Lin, M Medina-Sánchez, M Guix, D Makarov… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
With the development of advanced biomedical theragnosis and bioengineering tools, smart
and soft responsive microstructures and nanostructures have emerged. These structures …

Capillary trap** of various nanomaterials on additively manufactured scaffolds for 3D micro-/nanofabrication

X Lyu, Z Zheng, A Shiva, M Han, CB Dayan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
High-precision additive manufacturing technologies, such as two-photon polymerization, are
mainly limited to photo-curable polymers and currently lacks the possibility to produce …

Actuation-enhanced multifunctional sensing and information recognition by magnetic artificial cilia arrays

J Han, X Dong, Z Yin, S Zhang, M Li, Z Zheng… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
Artificial cilia integrating both actuation and sensing functions allow simultaneously sensing
environmental properties and manipulating fluids in situ, which are promising for …

Janus hydrogels: merging boundaries in tissue engineering for enhanced biomaterials and regenerative therapies

Y Jiang, C Zhu, X Ma, D Fan - Biomaterials Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, the design and synthesis of Janus hydrogels have witnessed a thriving
development, overcoming the limitations of single-performance materials and expanding …

[HTML][HTML] Nature-inspired miniaturized magnetic soft robotic swimmers

R Pramanik, R Verstappen, PR Onck - Applied Physics Reviews, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
State-of-the-art biomedical applications such as targeted drug delivery and laparoscopic
surgery are extremely challenging because of the small length scales, the requirements of …

Micro/Nanorobots for Advanced Light‐Based Biosensing and Imaging

A Neettiyath, M Pumera - Advanced Functional Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Sensing and imaging of biomolecules are crucial to disease diagnosis, prognosis, and
therapy where optical techniques have essential utility. Untethered and remotely controlled …