3D printing of functional microrobots

J Li, M Pumera - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
3D printing (also called “additive manufacturing” or “rapid prototy**”) is able to translate
computer-aided and designed virtual 3D models into 3D tangible constructs/objects through …

Intelligent Micro/nanorobots Based on Biotemplate

T Chen, Y Cai, B Ren, BJ Sánchez, R Dong - Materials Horizons, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Intelligent micro/nanorobots based on natural materials as biotemplates are considered to
be some of the most promising robots in the future in the microscopic field. Due to the …

[PDF][PDF] Melt electrospinning writing of magnetic microrobots

Y Su, T Qiu, W Song, X Han, M Sun, Z Wang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The magnetic microrobots actuated by an external magnetic field can access distant,
enclosed, and small spaces under fuel‐free conditions, which is apromising technology for …

Erythrocyte‐Inspired Functional Materials for Biomedical Applications

Z Luo, L Sun, F Bian, Y Wang, Y Yu, Z Gu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Erythrocytes are the most abundant cells in the blood. As the results of long‐term natural
selection, their specific biconcave discoid morphology and cellular composition are …

Living materials-derived intelligent micro/nanorobots

S Wang, Y Liu, S Sun, Q Gui, W Liu, W Long - Biomaterials Science, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Living materials, which include various types of cells, organelles, and biological components
from animals, plants, and microorganisms, have become central to recent investigations in …

Spatial Control over Catalyst Positioning for Increased Micromotor Efficiency

S Keller, SP Teora, A Keskin, LJC Daris… - Gels, 2023 - mdpi.com
Motion is influenced by many different aspects of a micromotor's design, such as shape,
roughness and the type of materials used. When designing a motor, asymmetry is the main …

Engineering the Interaction Dynamics between Nano‐Topographical Immunocyte‐Templated Micromotors across Scales from Ions to Cells

J Wang, R Ahmed, Y Zeng, K Fu, F Soto, B Sinclair… - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Manufacturing mobile artificial micromotors with structural design factors, such as
morphology nanoroughness and surface chemistry, can improve the capture efficiency …

Magnetically actuated swimming and rolling erythrocyte-based biohybrid micromotors

Q Wang, S Jermyn, D Quashie, SE Gatti, J Katuri… - RSC advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Erythrocytes are natural multifunctional biomaterials that can be engineered for use as micro
robotic vectors for therapeutic applications. Erythrocyte based micromotors offer several …

Light Driven ZnO/AuNP Micro/Nanomotor with Controlled Rotation and Phototaxis

X Han, Z Chen, Y Liu, B Song, H Zhang… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Light driven micro/nanomotor (MNM) has shown great potential in applications such as
active matter, biomedicine, etc. However, it is still challenging to achieve novel movement …

Electric-field-guided 3D manipulation of liquid metal microfleas

Y Wang, Y Kuai, G Zhang, H Zhang, J Cong, Y Xu… - Soft …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Liquid metal micromotors have attracted mounting interest over the past decade, but their
property of sticking to many surfaces has limited their controllable manipulation in three …