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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS)-based nanomedicine

B Yang, Y Chen, J Shi - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play an essential role in regulating various physiological
functions of living organisms. The intrinsic biochemical properties of ROS, which underlie …

Piezoelectric nano‐biomaterials for biomedicine and tissue regeneration

K Kapat, QTH Shubhra, M Zhou… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Among various classes of biomaterials, the majority of non‐centrosymmetric crystalline
materials exhibit piezoelectric properties, ie, the accumulation of charge in response to …

Enzyme-based mesoporous nanomotors with near-infrared optical brakes

M Liu, L Chen, Z Zhao, M Liu, T Zhao… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
As one of the most important parameters of the nanomotors' motion, precise speed control of
enzyme-based nanomotors is highly desirable in many bioapplications. However, owing to …

Micro/nanorobots for biomedicine: Delivery, surgery, sensing, and detoxification

J Li, B Esteban-Fernández de Ávila, W Gao, L Zhang… - Science robotics, 2017 - science.org
Micro-and nanoscale robots that can effectively convert diverse energy sources into
movement and force represent a rapidly emerging and fascinating robotics research area …

Micromotor-enabled active drug delivery for in vivo treatment of stomach infection

BEF de Ávila, P Angsantikul, J Li… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Advances in bioinspired design principles and nanomaterials have led to tremendous
progress in autonomously moving synthetic nano/micromotors with diverse functionalities in …

Current detection technologies for circulating tumor cells

Z Shen, A Wu, X Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are cancer cells that circulate in the blood stream after being
naturally shed from original or metastatic tumors, and can lead to a new fatal metastasis …