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 …

Magnetic helical micro-/nanomachines: Recent progress and perspective

Y Dong, L Wang, V Iacovacci, X Wang, L Zhang… - Matter, 2022 - cell.com
Inspired by bacterial flagella, helical micro-/nanomachines (H-MNMs) can achieve
controllable 3D movement by converting rotational motion to translation in a corkscrew …

Micromotors for environmental applications: a review

B Jurado-Sánchez, J Wang - Environmental Science: Nano, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-propelled micromotors represent a new paradigm in the environmental field, greatly
enhancing the efficiency of traditional operations due to the actively moving matter …

Micro/nanomotors towards in vivo application: cell, tissue and biofluid

F Peng, Y Tu, DA Wilson - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Inspired by highly efficient natural motors, synthetic micro/nanomotors are self-propelled
machines capable of converting the supplied fuel into mechanical motion. A significant …

Spinning and applications of bioinspired fiber systems

L Shang, Y Yu, Y Liu, Z Chen, T Kong, Y Zhao - ACS nano, 2019 - ACS Publications
Natural fiber systems provide inspirations for artificial fiber spinning and applications.
Through a long process of trial and error, great progress has been made in recent years …

Progress toward catalytic micro‐and nanomotors for biomedical and environmental applications

M Safdar, SU Khan, J Jänis - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Synthetic micro‐and nanomotors (MNMs) are tiny objects that can autonomously move
under the influence of an appropriate source of energy, such as a chemical fuel, magnetic …

Micromotors for “Chemistry-on-the-Fly”

E Karshalev… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
This perspective reviews mobile micro/nanomotor scaffolds for performing “chemistry-on-the-
fly”. Synthetic nano/micromotors offer great versatility and distinct advantages in diverse …

Twin-engine Janus supramolecular nanomotors with counterbalanced motion

J Shao, S Cao, H Che, MT De Martino… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Supramolecular nanomotors were created with two types of propelling forces that were able
to counterbalance each other. The particles were based on bowl-shaped polymer vesicles …

Self‐propelled micro‐/nanomotors as “on‐the‐move” platforms: cleaners, sensors, and reactors

Y Hu, W Liu, Y Sun - Advanced Functional Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Artificial micro‐/nanomotors (MNMs) are tiny apparatuses that can autonomously
navigate and perform specific tasks at micro‐/nanoscale. The continuous movement …

Frontiers of Medical Micro/Nanorobotics: in vivo Applications and Commercialization Perspectives Toward Clinical Uses

F Soto, R Chrostowski - Frontiers in bioengineering and …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The field of medical micro/nanorobotics holds considerable promise for advancing medical
diagnosis and treatment due to their unique ability to move and perform complex task at …