Engineering microrobots for targeted cancer therapies from a medical perspective
CK Schmidt, M Medina-Sánchez… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Systemic chemotherapy remains the backbone of many cancer treatments. Due to its
untargeted nature and the severe side effects it can cause, numerous nanomedicine …
untargeted nature and the severe side effects it can cause, numerous nanomedicine …
3D printing of functional microrobots
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 …
computer-aided and designed virtual 3D models into 3D tangible constructs/objects through …
Advances of medical nanorobots for future cancer treatments
Early detection and diagnosis of many cancers is very challenging. Late stage detection of a
cancer always leads to high mortality rates. It is imperative to develop novel and more …
cancer always leads to high mortality rates. It is imperative to develop novel and more …
Advances in 4D printing of liquid crystalline elastomers: materials, techniques, and applications
Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are polymer networks exhibiting anisotropic liquid
crystallinity while maintaining elastomeric properties. Owing to diverse polymeric forms and …
crystallinity while maintaining elastomeric properties. Owing to diverse polymeric forms and …
Magnetic actuation methods in bio/soft robotics
In recent years, magnetism has gained an enormous amount of interest among researchers
for actuating different sizes and types of bio/soft robots, which can be via an electromagnetic …
for actuating different sizes and types of bio/soft robots, which can be via an electromagnetic …
3D printing of functional magnetic materials: From design to applications
The research of functional magnetic materials has become a hot topic in the past few years
due to their fast, long‐range, and precise response in diverse environments. Functional …
due to their fast, long‐range, and precise response in diverse environments. Functional …
Light-triggered drug release from 3D-printed magnetic chitosan microswimmers
Advances in design and fabrication of functional micro/nanomaterials have sparked growing
interest in creating new mobile microswimmers for various healthcare applications, including …
interest in creating new mobile microswimmers for various healthcare applications, including …
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 …
effectively convert other forms of energy into propulsion and movement, as well as be …
Real-time 3D optoacoustic tracking of cell-sized magnetic microrobots circulating in the mouse brain vasculature
Mobile microrobots hold remarkable potential to revolutionize health care by enabling
unprecedented active medical interventions and theranostics, such as active cargo delivery …
unprecedented active medical interventions and theranostics, such as active cargo delivery …
3D printed enzymatically biodegradable soft helical microswimmers
Mobile micro‐and nanorobots are proposed for future biomedical applications, such as
diagnostics and targeted delivery. For their translation to clinical practice, biocompatibility …
diagnostics and targeted delivery. For their translation to clinical practice, biocompatibility …