Controlled propulsion of micro/nanomotors: operational mechanisms, motion manipulation and potential biomedical applications

T Liu, L **e, CAH Price, J Liu, Q He… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Inspired by natural mobile microorganisms, researchers have developed micro/nanomotors
(MNMs) that can autonomously move by transducing different kinds of energies into kinetic …

Self-healable functional polymers and polymer-based composites

ZP Zhang, MZ Rong, MQ Zhang - Progress in Polymer Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Polymers and polymer composites with advanced functions have attracted great attention
following the development of modern science and technologies. Nevertheless, damages of …

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 …

Light-driven micro/nanomotors: from fundamentals to applications

L Xu, F Mou, H Gong, M Luo, J Guan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Light, as an external stimulus, is capable of driving the motion of micro/nanomotors (MNMs)
with the advantages of reversible, wireless and remote manoeuvre on demand with …

Progress, challenges, and prospects of soft robotics for space applications

Y Zhang, P Li, J Quan, L Li, G Zhang… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The development of space robots is vital to broadening human cognitive boundaries. Space
robots have been deployed in space science experiments, extravehicular operations, and …

Light‐powered microrobots: challenges and opportunities for hard and soft responsive microswimmers

AI Bunea, D Martella, S Nocentini… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Worldwide research in microrobotics has exploded in the past two decades, leading to the
development of microrobots propelled in various manners. Despite significant advances in …

Increasingly intelligent micromachines

TY Huang, H Gu, BJ Nelson - Annual Review of Control …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Intelligent micromachines, with dimensions ranging from a few millimeters down to hundreds
of nanometers, are miniature systems capable of performing specific tasks autonomously at …

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 …

Motion manipulation of micro‐and nanomotors

Y Tu, F Peng, DA Wilson - Advanced Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Inspired by the self‐migration of microorganisms in nature, artificial micro‐and nanomotors
can mimic this fantastic behavior by converting chemical fuel or external energy into …

Review of recent achievements in self-healing conductive materials and their applications

Q Zhang, L Liu, C Pan, D Li - Journal of Materials Science, 2018 - Springer
Self-healing materials have attracted increasing attention because of their wide range of
applications. It can be expected to offer obvious advantages in conductive materials with self …