An overview of micronanoswarms for biomedical applications

H Chen, H Zhang, T Xu, J Yu - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Micronanoswarms have attracted extensive attention worldwide due to their great promise in
biomedical applications. The collective behaviors among thousands, or even millions, of tiny …

Intelligent micro-/nanorobots as drug and cell carrier devices for biomedical therapeutic advancement: Promising development opportunities and translational …

V Agrahari, V Agrahari, ML Chou, CH Chew, J Noll… - Biomaterials, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology and microfabrication approaches are playing instrumental roles in the
development of innovative technologies to fight human diseases. Because of promising in …

Medical micro/nanorobots in complex media

Z Wu, Y Chen, D Mukasa, OS Pak, W Gao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Medical micro/nanorobots have received tremendous attention over the past decades owing
to their potential to be navigated into hard-to-reach tissues for a number of biomedical …

[HTML][HTML] Micro/nanorobots for medical diagnosis and disease treatment

Y Zhang, Y Zhang, Y Han, X Gong - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Micro/nanorobots are functional devices in microns, at nanoscale, which enable efficient
propulsion through chemical reactions or external physical field, including ultrasonic, optical …

External power-driven microrobotic swarm: from fundamental understanding to imaging-guided delivery

Q Wang, L Zhang - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Untethered micro/nanorobots have been widely investigated owing to their potential in
performing various tasks in different environments. The significant progress in this emerging …

Puffball‐inspired microrobotic systems with robust payload, strong protection, and targeted locomotion for on‐demand drug delivery

X Song, R Sun, R Wang, K Zhou, R Xie, J Lin… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Microrobots are recognized as transformative solutions for drug delivery systems (DDSs)
because they can navigate through the body to specific locations and enable targeted drug …

Collective behaviors of magnetic microparticle swarms: From dexterous tentacles to reconfigurable carpets

Z Xu, Q Xu - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Microrobot swarms have promising prospects in biomedical applications ranging from
targeted cargo delivery to minimally invasive surgery. However, such potential is …

[HTML][HTML] Biohybrid micro-and nanorobots for intelligent drug delivery

J Li, L Dekanovsky, B Khezri, B Wu… - Cyborg and Bionic …, 2022 - spj.science.org
Biohybrid micro-and nanorobots are integrated tiny machines from biological components
and artificial components. They can possess the advantages of onboard actuation, sensing …

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 …

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 …