Smart micro-and nanorobots for water purification

M Urso, M Ussia, M Pumera - Nature Reviews Bioengineering, 2023 - nature.com
Less than 1% of Earth's freshwater reserves is accessible. Industrialization, population
growth and climate change are further exacerbating clean water shortage. Current water …

Lighting up micro-/nanorobots with fluorescence

M Yang, X Guo, F Mou, J Guan - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Micro-/nanorobots (MNRs) can be autonomously propelled on demand in complex
biological environments and thus may bring revolutionary changes to biomedicines …

Bioinspired claw-engaged and biolubricated swimming microrobots creating active retention in blood vessels

T Li, S Yu, B Sun, Y Li, X Wang, Y Pan, C Song… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Swimming microrobots guided in the circulation system offer considerable promise in
precision medicine but currently suffer from problems such as limited adhesion to blood …

Endoscope-assisted magnetic helical micromachine delivery for biofilm eradication in tympanostomy tube

Y Dong, L Wang, Z Zhang, F Ji, TKF Chan, H Yang… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Occlusion of the T-tube (tympanostomy tube) is a common postoperative sequela related to
bacterial biofilms. Confronting biofilm-related infections of T-tubes, maneuverable and …

Stimuli-triggered multilayer films in response to temperature and ionic strength changes for controlled favipiravir drug release

L Xu, L He, Y Li, T Cai, J Zhang, Z Chu… - Biomedical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The block copolymer micelles and natural biopolymers were utilized to form layer-by-layer
(LbL) films via electrostatic interaction, which were able to effectively load and controllably …

Drug-free antimicrobial nanomotor for precise treatment of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections

L Liu, S Li, K Yang, Z Chen, Q Li, L Zheng, Z Wu… - Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Manufacturing heteronanostructures with specific physicochemical characteristics and tightly
controllable designs is very appealing. Herein, we reported NIR-II light-driven dual …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic strategies against bacterial biofilms

Y Bi, G **a, C Shi, J Wan, L Liu, Y Chen, Y Wu… - Fundamental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The emergence of multi-drug resistance makes bacterial infection a major threat to public
health and economy. The formation of bacterial biofilms is one of the main reasons of …

Autonomous Treatment of Bacterial Infections in Vivo Using Antimicrobial Micro- and Nanomotors

X Arqué, MDT Torres, T Patiño, A Boaro, S Sánchez… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The increasing resistance of bacteria to existing antibiotics constitutes a major public health
threat globally. Most current antibiotic treatments are hindered by poor delivery to the …

Multimodal‐Driven Magnetic Microrobots with Enhanced Bactericidal Activity for Biofilm Eradication and Removal from Titanium Mesh

CC Mayorga‐Martinez, J Zelenka, K Klima… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Modern micro/nanorobots can perform multiple tasks for biomedical and environmental
applications. Particularly, magnetic microrobots can be completely controlled by a rotating …

MOF-based micro/nanomotors (MOFtors): Recent progress and challenges

H Yang, L Wang, X Huang - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Micro/nanomotors (MNMs) are burgeoning micro/nanoscale devices with plentiful
applications ranging from biomedicine to environmental remediation. However, some urgent …