Actuation of mobile microbots: a review

H Hussein, A Damdam, L Ren… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Maturation of robotics research and advances in the miniaturization of machines have
contributed to the development of microbots and enabled new technological possibilities …

Next‐Generation Energy Harvesting and Storage Technologies for Robots Across All Scales

Z Liang, J He, C Hu, X Pu, H Khani… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐powered untethered robots that can meander unrestrictedly, squeeze into small
spaces, and operate in diverse harsh environments have received immense attention in …

Bioadhesive bacterial microswimmers for targeted drug delivery in the urinary and gastrointestinal tracts

B Mostaghaci, O Yasa, J Zhuang, M Sitti - Advanced Science, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Bacteria‐driven biohybrid microswimmers (bacteriabots), which integrate motile bacterial
cells and functional synthetic cargo parts (eg, microparticles encapsulating drug), are …

DNA assembly of modular components into a rotary nanodevice

A Peil, L **n, S Both, L Shen, Y Ke, T Weiss, P Zhan… - Acs Nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
The bacterial flagellar motor is a rotary machine composed of functional modular
components, which can perform bidirectional rotations to control the migration behavior of …

Questioning rotary functionality in the bacterial flagellar system and proposing a murburn model for motility

KM Manoj, VD Jacob, M Kavdia… - Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Bacterial flagellar system (BFS) was the primary example of a purported 'rotary-
motor'functionality in a natural assembly. This mandates the translation of a circular motion …

Live‐cell fluorescence imaging reveals dynamic production and loss of bacterial flagella

XY Zhuang, S Guo, Z Li, Z Zhao, S Kojima… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial flagella are nanomachines that drive bacteria motility and taxis in response to
environmental changes. Whether flagella are permanent cell structures and, if not, the …

Flagellum‐Inspired Soft Rotary Motor

Z Jiao, P Zhu, Z Hu, Y Shi, W Tang… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Soft robots have gained significant attention in recent years owing to their high safety in
human–machine interactions and exceptional adaptability to unpredictable environments …

Length-dependent flagellar growth of Vibrio alginolyticus revealed by real time fluorescent imaging

M Chen, Z Zhao, J Yang, K Peng, MAB Baker, F Bai… - Elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
Bacterial flagella are extracellular filaments that drive swimming in bacteria. During motor
assembly, flagellins are transported unfolded through the central channel in the flagellum to …

The biophysicist's guide to the bacterial flagellar motor

JA Nirody, YR Sun, CJ Lo - Advances in Physics: X, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The bacterial flagellar motor (BFM) is a rotary electric nanomachine that drives swimming in
a wide variety of bacterial species. There have been many milestones, both theoretical and …

Construction and loss of bacterial flagellar filaments

XY Zhuang, CJ Lo - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
The bacterial flagellar filament is an extracellular tubular protein structure that acts as a
propeller for bacterial swimming motility. It is connected to the membrane-anchored rotary …