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 …

Stimuli-chromism of photoswitches in smart polymers: Recent advances and applications as chemosensors

A Abdollahi, H Roghani-Mamaqani, B Razavi - Progress in Polymer …, 2019 - Elsevier
Light-responsive polymers, especially photochromic ones, are among the most interesting
classes of stimuli-responsive materials. Photochromic polymers can show different stimuli …

Smart nanostructures for cargo delivery: uncaging and activating by light

M Karimi, P Sahandi Zangabad… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Nanotechnology has begun to play a remarkable role in various fields of science and
technology. In biomedical applications, nanoparticles have opened new horizons, especially …

From dynamic self-assembly to networked chemical systems

BA Grzybowski, K Fitzner, J Paczesny… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Although dynamic self-assembly, DySA, is a relatively new area of research, the past
decade has brought numerous demonstrations of how various types of components–on …

Swimming microrobots: Soft, reconfigurable, and smart

M Medina‐Sánchez, V Magdanz, M Guix… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Using materials with properties similar to those of cells and microorganisms together with
innovative fabrication methods, soft and smart microrobots can be developed, with …

Light-Driven Au-WO3@C Janus Micromotors for Rapid Photodegradation of Dye Pollutants

Q Zhang, R Dong, Y Wu, W Gao, Z He… - ACS applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
A novel light-driven Au-WO3@ C Janus micromotor based on colloidal carbon WO3
nanoparticle composite spheres (WO3@ C) prepared by one-step hydrothermal treatment is …

Rewritable anticounterfeiting polymer inks based on functionalized stimuli-responsive latex particles containing spiropyran photoswitches: reversible photopatterning …

A Abdollahi, K Sahandi-Zangabad… - … applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Increase of safety in security documents by using anticounterfeiting inks based on
fluorochromic and photochromic compounds has attracted a great deal of attention in the …

Motion manipulation of micro‐and nanomotors

Y Tu, F Peng, DA Wilson - Advanced Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Inspired by the self‐migration of microorganisms in nature, artificial micro‐and nanomotors
can mimic this fantastic behavior by converting chemical fuel or external energy into …

Intelligent metallic micro/nanomotors: From propulsion to application

H Zhao, Y Zheng, Y Cai, T Xu, R Dong, X Zhang - Nano Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Synthetic micro/nanomotors (MNMs) are a particular class of micrometer or nanometer scale
devices that have controllable motion behavior in solutions through a transfer of various …

Light-driven micro-and nanomotors for environmental remediation

M Safdar, J Simmchen, J Jänis - Environmental Science: Nano, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Synthetic micro-and nanomotors (MNMs) have emerged as a vibrant research field in
multidisciplinary nanotechnology with proof-of-concept applications in various disciplines. In …