Collective behaviors of active matter learning from natural taxes across scales

F Ji, Y Wu, M Pumera, L Zhang - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Taxis orientation is common in microorganisms, and it provides feasible strategies to
operate active colloids as small‐scale robots. Collective taxes involve numerous units that …

Untethered small-scale magnetic soft robot with programmable magnetization and integrated multifunctional modules

Y Dong, L Wang, N **a, Z Yang, C Zhang, C Pan… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Intelligent magnetic soft robots capable of programmable structural changes and
multifunctionality modalities depend on material architectures and methods for controlling …

Micro-/nanoscale robotics for chemical and biological sensing

L Zheng, N Hart, Y Zeng - Lab on a Chip, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The field of micro-/nanorobotics has attracted extensive interest from a variety of research
communities and witnessed enormous progress in a broad array of applications ranging …

Large‐Scale Self‐Assembly of MOFs Colloidosomes for Bubble‐Propelled Micromotors and Stirring‐Free Environmental Remediation

H Huang, J Li, M Yuan, H Yang, Y Zhao… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The design of MOF‐based micromotors (MOFtors) is still challenging and with limited
approaches, especially for the MOF nanoparticles (NPs). Herein, we report a universal and …

Low-friction soft robots for targeted bacterial infection treatment in gastrointestinal tract

B Wang, Y Chen, Z Ye, H Yu, KF Chan… - Cyborg and Bionic …, 2024 - spj.science.org
Untethered and self-transformable miniature robots are capable of performing
reconfigurable deformation and on-demand locomotion, which aid the traversal toward …

Carbon Helical Nanorobots Capable of Cell Membrane Penetration for Single Cell Targeted SERS Bio‐Sensing and Photothermal Cancer Therapy

Y Chen, R Pan, Y Wang, P Guo, X Liu… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Penetration of cell membrane at micro/nano‐scale with untethered probe is of great scientific
significance, yet still challenging. Here, a carbon nanocoil based magnetic nanorobot, which …

Actuation and biomedical development of micro-/nanorobots–A review

S Zhao, D Sun, J Zhang, H Lu, Y Wang, R **ong… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the past 20 years, there has been considerable progress in the development of
research in the micro-/nanorobotics area. Through major, rapid, investment in the field and …

Recent advances in one-dimensional micro/nanomotors: Fabrication, propulsion and application

Y Zheng, H Zhao, Y Cai, B Jurado-Sánchez, R Dong - Nano-Micro Letters, 2023 - Springer
Due to their tiny size, autonomous motion and functionalize modifications, micro/nanomotors
have shown great potential for environmental remediation, biomedicine and micro/nano …

Intelligent micro/nanomotors: Fabrication, propulsion, and biomedical applications

J Ye, Y Fan, G Niu, B Zhou, Y Kang, X Ji - Nano Today, 2024 - Elsevier
Intelligent micro/nanomotors (MNMs) are unique devices at the micro-or nanoscale that
achieve active movement in various liquid environments by converting different forms of …

Tethered and untethered 3D microactuators fabricated by two-photon polymerization: a review

Z Lao, N **a, S Wang, T Xu, X Wu, L Zhang - Micromachines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Microactuators, which can transform external stimuli into mechanical motion at microscale,
have attracted extensive attention because they can be used to construct …