Light-driven micro/nanomotors: from fundamentals to applications

L Xu, F Mou, H Gong, M Luo, J Guan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Light, as an external stimulus, is capable of driving the motion of micro/nanomotors (MNMs)
with the advantages of reversible, wireless and remote manoeuvre on demand with …

Micro/nanorobotic swarms: from fundamentals to functionalities

J Law, J Yu, W Tang, Z Gong, X Wang, Y Sun - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Swarms, which stem from collective behaviors among individual elements, are commonly
seen in nature. Since two decades ago, scientists have been attempting to understand the …

Micro-and nanomotors as active environmental microcleaners and sensors

J Parmar, D Vilela, K Villa, J Wang… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The quest to provide clean water to the entire population has led to a tremendous boost in
the development of environmental nanotechnology. Toward this end, micro/nanomotors are …

Micro‐/nanorobots at work in active drug delivery

M Luo, Y Feng, T Wang, J Guan - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
After the tremendous advances over the past two decades, micro‐/nanorobots can
effectively convert other forms of energy into propulsion and movement, as well as be …

Photocatalytic TiO2 Micromotors for Removal of Microplastics and Suspended Matter

L Wang, A Kaeppler, D Fischer… - ACS applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Environmental contamination is a major global challenge, and the effects of contamination
are found in most habitats. In recent times, the pollution by microplastics has come to the …

Microplastics in sewage sludge: distribution, toxicity, identification methods, and engineered technologies

MK Nguyen, M Hadi, C Lin, HL Nguyen, VB Thai… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastic pollution is becoming a global challenge due to its long-term accumulation in
the environment, causing adverse effects on human health and the ecosystem. Sludge …

Fuel-free light-driven micro/nanomachines: artificial active matter mimicking nature

K Villa, M Pumera - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The recent advances in the micro/nanomotor field have shown great progress in the
propulsion of such devices by fuel-free mechanisms. Light, as an abundant and natural …

Visible-light-driven BiOI-based Janus micromotor in pure water

R Dong, Y Hu, Y Wu, W Gao, B Ren… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Light-driven synthetic micro-/nanomotors have attracted considerable attention due to their
potential applications and unique performances such as remote motion control and …

Non‐equilibrium assembly of light‐activated colloidal mixtures

DP Singh, U Choudhury, P Fischer… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The collective phenomena exhibited by artificial active matter systems present novel routes
to fabricating out‐of‐equilibrium microscale assemblies. Here, the crystallization of passive …

Semiconductors: Light‐Steered Isotropic Semiconductor Micromotors (Adv. Mater. 3/2017)

C Chen, F Mou, L Xu, S Wang, J Guan… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In article 1603374, J. Guan, Q. Zhang, and co-workers from Wuhan University of
Technology, China develop a new series of intelligent photoresponsive isotropic …