3D printing of functional microrobots

J Li, M Pumera - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
3D printing (also called “additive manufacturing” or “rapid prototy**”) is able to translate
computer-aided and designed virtual 3D models into 3D tangible constructs/objects through …

Recent advances in focused ion beam nanofabrication for nanostructures and devices: Fundamentals and applications

P Li, S Chen, H Dai, Z Yang, Z Chen, Y Wang, Y Chen… - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The past few decades have witnessed growing research interest in develo** powerful
nanofabrication technologies for three-dimensional (3D) structures and devices to achieve …

Block copolymer nanopatterning for nonsemiconductor device applications

GG Yang, HJ Choi, KH Han, JH Kim… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Block copolymer (BCP) nanopatterning has emerged as a versatile nanoscale fabrication
tool for semiconductor devices and other applications, because of its ability to organize well …

Micro‐bio‐chemo‐mechanical‐systems: Micromotors, microfluidics, and nanozymes for biomedical applications

J Mujtaba, J Liu, KK Dey, T Li, R Chakraborty… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Wireless nano‐/micromotors powered by chemical reactions and/or external fields generate
motive forces, perform tasks, and significantly extend short‐range dynamic responses of …

[HTML][HTML] Construction of intelligent moving micro/nanomotors and their applications in biosensing and disease treatment

Y Guo, D **g, S Liu, Q Yuan - Theranostics, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Micro/nanomotors are containers that pass through liquid media and carry cargo. Because
they are tiny, micro/nanomotors exhibit excellent potential for biosensing and disease …

Magnetically actuated peanut colloid motors for cell manipulation and patterning

Z Lin, X Fan, M Sun, C Gao, Q He, H **e - ACS nano, 2018 - ACS Publications
We report a magnetically actuated peanut-shaped hematite colloid motor that can not only
move in a rolling or wobbling mode in fluids but also perform single cell manipulation and …

Electric-field-guided precision manipulation of catalytic nanomotors for cargo delivery and powering nanoelectromechanical devices

J Guo, JJ Gallegos, AR Tom, D Fan - ACS nano, 2018 - ACS Publications
We report a controllable and precision approach in manipulating catalytic nanomotors by
strategically applied electric (E-) fields in three dimensions (3-D). With the high …

Design and fabrication of micro/nano-motors for environmental and sensing applications

H Ye, Y Wang, D Xu, X Liu, S Liu, X Ma - Applied Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Small-scale synthetic micro/nano-motors (MNMs) are at the forefront of scientific and
technological development, which may help to resolve the long-standing and pressing …

Smart polymers for microscale machines

L Tan, AC Davis, DJ Cappelleri - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Microscale machines are able to perform a number of tasks like micromanipulation, drug‐
delivery, and noninvasive surgery. In particular, microscale polymer machines that can …

A flexible microsystem capable of controlled motion and actuation by wireless power transfer

VK Bandari, Y Nan, D Karnaushenko, Y Hong… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Microscale systems that can combine multiple functionalities, such as untethered motion,
actuation and communication, could be of use in a variety of applications from robotics to …