Biohybrid robotics: From the nanoscale to the macroscale

R Mestre, T Patiño, S Sánchez - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biohybrid robotics is a field in which biological entities are combined with artificial materials
in order to obtain improved performance or features that are difficult to mimic with hand …

Enzyme purification improves the enzyme loading, self-propulsion, and endurance performance of micromotors

M Valles, S Pujals, L Albertazzi, S Sánchez - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Enzyme-powered micro-and nanomotors make use of biocatalysis to self-propel in aqueous
media and hold immense promise for active and targeted drug delivery. Most (if not all) of …

A practical guide to analyzing and reporting the movement of nanoscale swimmers

W Wang, TE Mallouk - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
The recent invention of nanoswimmers—synthetic, powered objects with characteristic
lengths in the range of 10–500 nm—has sparked widespread interest among scientists and …

Synthetic DNA-based Swimmers Driven by Enzyme Catalysis

T Patiño Padial, E Del Grosso, S Gentile… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Here, we report DNA-based synthetic nanostructures decorated with enzymes (hereafter
referred to as DNA–enzyme swimmers) that self-propel by converting the enzymatic …

Phase separation dependent active motion of Janus lipid vesicles

V Willems, A Baron, DAM Fernandez… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Active colloidal systems have emerged as promising contenders for the future of
microdevices. While conventional designs have extensively exploited the use of hard …

An experimental and theoretical view of autocatalytic colloids interacting with interfases

LS Palacios Ruiz - 2022 - diposit.ub.edu
[eng] This thesis contains my doctoral research in condensed soft matter physics prepared at
the University of Barcelona. It covers the interaction of active Janus particles with liquid …

Synthetic DNA-based nanoswimmers driven by enzyme catalysis

T Patiño, S Gentile, L Baranda, E Del Grosso, R Mestre… - 2023 - chemrxiv.org
We report here DNA-based synthetic nanostructures decorated with enzymes (hereafter
referred to as DNA enzyme nanoswimmers) that self-propel by converting the enzymatic …

[PDF][PDF] Microscale engineering of active systems: exploiting dynamicity to induce motility

S Song - 2022 - research.tue.nl
Cells, sophisticated membrane-bound units that contain the fundamental molecules of life,
provide 'a precious library'for inspiration and motivation for scientists from various …