Degradable polymeric bio (nano) materials and their biomedical applications: a comprehensive overview and recent updates

K Kuperkar, LI Atanase, A Bahadur, IC Crivei… - Polymers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Degradable polymers (both biomacromolecules and several synthetic polymers) for
biomedical applications have been promising very much in the recent past due to their low …

Advanced liposome and polymersome-based drug delivery systems: Considerations for physicochemical properties, targeting strategies and stimuli-sensitive …

S Kansız, YM Elçin - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Liposomes and polymersomes are colloidal vesicles that are self-assembled from lipids and
amphiphilic polymers, respectively. Because of their ability to encapsulate both hydrophilic …

Trends in micro‐/nanorobotics: materials development, actuation, localization, and system integration for biomedical applications

B Wang, K Kostarelos, BJ Nelson… - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Micro‐/nanorobots (m‐bots) have attracted significant interest due to their suitability
for applications in biomedical engineering and environmental remediation. Particularly, their …

Medical micro/nanorobots in precision medicine

F Soto, J Wang, R Ahmed, U Demirci - Advanced science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in medical robots promise to improve modern medicine and the quality of life.
Miniaturization of these robotic platforms has led to numerous applications that leverages …

Engineering microrobots for targeted cancer therapies from a medical perspective

CK Schmidt, M Medina-Sánchez… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Systemic chemotherapy remains the backbone of many cancer treatments. Due to its
untargeted nature and the severe side effects it can cause, numerous nanomedicine …

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 …

Janus nanoparticles: From fabrication to (bio) applications

X Zhang, Q Fu, H Duan, J Song, H Yang - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Janus nanoparticles (JNPs) refer to the integration of two or more chemically discrepant
composites into one structure system. Studies into JNPs have been of significant interest …

Polymersome-based protein drug delivery–quo vadis?

MG Gouveia, JP Wesseler, J Ramaekers… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Protein-based therapeutics are an attractive alternative to established therapeutic
approaches and represent one of the fastest growing families of drugs. While many of these …

Microrobots for targeted delivery and therapy in digestive system

Y Wang, J Shen, S Handschuh-Wang, M Qiu, S Du… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Untethered miniature robots enable targeted delivery and therapy deep inside the
gastrointestinal tract in a minimally invasive manner. By combining actuation systems and …

Polyoxometalate‐Nanozyme‐Integrated Nanomotors (POMotors) for Self‐Propulsion‐Promoted Synergistic Photothermal‐Catalytic Tumor Therapy

M Tang, J Ni, Z Yue, T Sun, C Chen… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Enzyme‐powered nanomotors have demonstrated promising potential in biomedical
applications, especially for catalytic tumor therapy, owing to their ability of self‐propulsion …