Small‐scale machines driven by external power sources

XZ Chen, B Jang, D Ahmed, C Hu… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Micro‐and nanorobots have shown great potential for applications in various fields,
including minimally invasive surgery, targeted therapy, cell manipulation, environmental …

Mimicking the cell: bio-inspired functions of supramolecular assemblies

Y Tu, F Peng, A Adawy, Y Men… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The successful assembly of large supramolecular structures infers a delicate balance
between reversible noncovalent interactions which are capable of undergoing correction …

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 …

Self‐guided supramolecular cargo‐loaded nanomotors with chemotactic behavior towards cells

F Peng, Y Tu, JCM Van Hest… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Delivery vehicles that are able to actively seek and precisely locate targeted tissues using
concentration gradients of signaling molecules have hardly been explored. The directed …

Self‐propelled micro/nanomotors for sensing and environmental remediation

M Zarei, M Zarei - Small, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐propelled micro/nanomotors have gained attention for successful application in cargo
delivery, therapeutic treatments, sensing, and environmental remediation. Unique …

Multifunctional micro/nanomotors as an emerging platform for smart healthcare applications

H Choi, J Yi, SH Cho, SK Hahn - Biomaterials, 2021 - Elsevier
Self‐propelling micro‐and nano-motors (MNMs) are emerging as a multifunctional platform
for smart healthcare applications such as biosensing, bioimaging, and targeted drug …

Nano-enabled paper humidity sensor for mobile based point-of-care lung function monitoring

M Bhattacharjee, HB Nemade… - Biosensors and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The frequency of breathing and peak flow rate of exhaled air are necessary parameters to
detect chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPDs) such as asthma, bronchitis, or …

Micro/Nanorobots as Active Delivery Systems for Biomedicine: From Self‐Propulsion to Controllable Navigation

Z Sun, Y Hou - Advanced Therapeutics, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, micro/nanorobots have attracted intensive interests in biomedicine, which is
a multidisciplinary research field involved with robotics, medicine, and nanotechnology …

Geometry design, principles and assembly of micromotors

H Ning, Y Zhang, H Zhu, A Ingham, G Huang, Y Mei… - Micromachines, 2018 - mdpi.com
Discovery of bio-inspired, self-propelled and externally-powered nano-/micro-motors, rotors
and engines (micromachines) is considered a potentially revolutionary paradigm in …

Magnetic field guided chemotaxis of iMushbots for targeted anticancer therapeutics

T Bhuyan, AK Singh, D Dutta, A Unal… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We report controlled migrations of an intelligent and biocompatible “iMushbot” composed of
Agaricus bisporus, mushroom microcapsules coated with magnetite nanoparticles. The …