Advanced materials for micro/nanorobotics

J Kim, P Mayorga-Burrezo, SJ Song… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Autonomous micro/nanorobots capable of performing programmed missions are at the
forefront of next-generation micromachinery. These small robotic systems are predominantly …

Stimuli-responsive functional micro-/nanorobots: a review

Y Zhou, M Ye, C Hu, H Qian, BJ Nelson, X Wang - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Stimuli-responsive functional micro-/nanorobots (srFM/Ns) are a class of intelligent, efficient,
and promising microrobots that can react to external stimuli (such as temperature, light …

Magnetically steerable bacterial microrobots moving in 3D biological matrices for stimuli-responsive cargo delivery

MB Akolpoglu, Y Alapan, NO Dogan, SF Baltaci… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Bacterial biohybrids, composed of self-propelling bacteria carrying micro/nanoscale
materials, can deliver their payload to specific regions under magnetic control, enabling …

Multifunctional 3D‐printed pollen grain‐inspired hydrogel microrobots for on‐demand anchoring and cargo delivery

YW Lee, JK Kim, U Bozuyuk, NO Dogan… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
While a majority of wireless microrobots have shown multi‐responsiveness to implement
complex biomedical functions, their functional executions are strongly dependent on the …

An acoustically controlled helical microrobot

Y Deng, A Paskert, Z Zhang, R Wittkowski… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
As a next-generation toolkit, microrobots can transform a wide range of fields, including
micromanufacturing, electronics, microfluidics, tissue engineering, and medicine. While still …

Swarming magnetic photonic‐crystal microrobots with on‐the‐fly visual pH detection and self‐regulated drug delivery

Z Yu, L Li, F Mou, S Yu, D Zhang, M Yang, Q Zhao… - InfoMat, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Swarming magnetic micro/nanorobots hold great promise for biomedical applications, but at
present suffer from inferior capabilities to perceive and respond to chemical signals in local …

Ultrasmall enzyme-powered janus nanomotor working in blood circulation system

Z Yang, L Wang, Z Gao, X Hao, M Luo, Z Yu, J Guan - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Injectable chemically powered nanomotors may revolutionize biomedical technologies, but
to date, it is a challenge for them to move autonomously in the blood circulation system and …

Diverse behaviors in non-uniform chiral and non-chiral swarmalators

S Ceron, K O'Keeffe, K Petersen - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
We study the emergent behaviors of a population of swarming coupled oscillators, dubbed
swarmalators. Previous work considered the simplest, idealized case: identical …

Recent progress on optical micro/nanomanipulations: structured forces, structured particles, and synergetic applications

LM Zhou, Y Shi, X Zhu, G Hu, G Cao, J Hu, CW Qiu - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Optical manipulation has achieved great success in the fields of biology, micro/nano robotics
and physical sciences in the past few decades. To date, the optical manipulation is still …

Microorganism microneedle micro-engine depth drug delivery

B Zheng, Q Li, L Fang, X Cai, Y Liu, Y Duo, B Li… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
As a transdermal drug delivery method, microneedles offer minimal invasiveness,
painlessness, and precise in-situ treatment. However, current microneedles rely on passive …