[HTML][HTML] Smart dental materials for antimicrobial applications

C Montoya, L Roldan, M Yu, S Valliani, C Ta, M Yang… - Bioactive Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Smart biomaterials can sense and react to physiological or external environmental stimuli
(eg, mechanical, chemical, electrical, or magnetic signals). The last decades have seen …

Advances in chemically powered micro/nanorobots for biological applications: a review

Y Feng, M An, Y Liu, MT Sarwar… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Micro/nanorobots (MNRs) are capable of autonomous motion, breaking through the
limitations of traditional passive transport of nanocarriers. Among them, chemically driven …

Bubble‐propelled Janus gallium/zinc micromotors for the active treatment of bacterial infections

Z Lin, C Gao, D Wang, Q He - … Chemie International Edition, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We report a bubble‐propelled Janus gallium/zinc (Ga/Zn) micromotor with good
biocompatibility and biodegradability for active target treatment of bacteria. The Janus Ga/Zn …

Swarming magnetic photoactive microrobots for dental implant biofilm eradication

CC Mayorga-Martinez, J Zelenka, K Klima… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Titanium dental implants are a multibillion dollar market in the United States alone. The
growth of a bacterial biofilm on a dental implant can cause gingivitis, implant loss, and …

Targeting biofilm infections in humans using small scale robotics

HH Tran, A Watkins, MJ Oh, A Babeer, TP Schaer… - Trends in …, 2024 - cell.com
The eradication of drug-resistant microbial biofilms remains an unresolved global health
challenge. Small-scale robotics are providing innovative therapeutic and diagnostic …

Enzyme‐Photocatalyst Tandem Microrobot Powered by Urea for Escherichia coli Biofilm Eradication

K Villa, H Sopha, J Zelenka, M Motola, L Dekanovsky… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Urinary‐based infections affect millions of people worldwide. Such bacterial infections are
mainly caused by Escherichia coli (E. coli) biofilm formation in the bladder and/or urinary …

Dual‐Propelled Lanbiotic Based Janus Micromotors for Selective Inactivation of Bacterial Biofilms

K Yuan, B Jurado‐Sánchez… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Graphene oxide/PtNPs/Fe2O3 “dual‐propelled” catalytic and fuel‐free rotary
actuated magnetic Janus micromotors modified with the lanbiotic Nisin are used for highly …

Active Light‐Powered Antibiofilm ZnO Micromotors with Chemically Programmable Properties

M Ussia, M Urso, K Dolezelikova… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial biofilms are multicellular communities firmly attached to solid extracellular
substrates. They are considered the primary cause of huge economic losses, from medicine …

Micro/nanorobots for medical diagnosis and disease treatment

Y Zhang, Y Zhang, Y Han, X Gong - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Micro/nanorobots are functional devices in microns, at nanoscale, which enable efficient
propulsion through chemical reactions or external physical field, including ultrasonic, optical …

Miniature robots for battling bacterial infection

W Zhong, S Handschuh-Wang, UT Uthappa, J Shen… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Micro/nanorobots have shown great promise for minimally invasive bacterial infection
therapy. However, bacterial infections usually form biofilms inside the body by aggregation …