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 …

Open questions of chemically powered nano-and micromotors

W Wang - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023 - ACS Publications
Chemically powered nano-and micromotors are microscopic devices that convert chemical
energy into motion. Interest in these motors has grown over the past 20 years because they …

Light-driven micro/nanomotor for promising biomedical tools: principle, challenge, and prospect

J Wang, Z **ong, J Zheng, X Zhan… - Accounts of chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conspectus A micro/nanomotor (MNM), as miniaturized machinery, can potentially bridge
the application gap between the traditional macroscale motor and the molecular motor to …

Rheotaxis of bimetallic micromotors driven by chemical–acoustic hybrid power

L Ren, D Zhou, Z Mao, P Xu, TJ Huang, TE Mallouk - ACS nano, 2017 - ACS Publications
Rheotaxis is a common phenomenon in nature that refers to the directed movement of micro-
organisms as a result of shear flow. The ability to mimic natural rheotaxis using synthetic …

ZnO-based micromotors fueled by CO2: the first example of self-reorientation-induced biomimetic chemotaxis

F Mou, Q **e, J Liu, S Che, L Bahmane… - National Science …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Synthetic chemotactic micro/nanomotors are envisioned to actively 'seek out'targets by
following specific chemicals, but they are mainly powered by bioincompatible fuels and only …

Multiwavelength Light-Responsive Au/B-TiO2 Janus Micromotors

B Jang, A Hong, HE Kang, C Alcantara, S Charreyron… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Conventional photocatalytic micromotors are limited to the use of specific wavelengths of
light due to their narrow light absorption spectrum, which limits their effectiveness for …

Recent advances in one-dimensional micro/nanomotors: Fabrication, propulsion and application

Y Zheng, H Zhao, Y Cai, B Jurado-Sánchez, R Dong - Nano-Micro Letters, 2023 - Springer
Due to their tiny size, autonomous motion and functionalize modifications, micro/nanomotors
have shown great potential for environmental remediation, biomedicine and micro/nano …

Self‐Propelled Micro/Nanomotors for Tumor Targeting Delivery and Therapy

R Lin, W Yu, X Chen, H Gao - Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer is still one of the most serious diseases with threats to health and life. Although some
advances have been made in targeting delivery of antitumor drugs over the past number of …

A critical review on nanowire‐motors: design, mechanism and applications

D Wang, A Mukhtar, M Humayun, K Wu… - The chemical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Nanowire‐motors (NW− Ms) are promoting the rapid development of emerging
biomedicine and environmental governance, and are an important branch of micro‐nano …

Intelligent metallic micro/nanomotors: From propulsion to application

H Zhao, Y Zheng, Y Cai, T Xu, R Dong, X Zhang - Nano Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Synthetic micro/nanomotors (MNMs) are a particular class of micrometer or nanometer scale
devices that have controllable motion behavior in solutions through a transfer of various …