Motion control in magnetic microrobotics: From individual and multiple robots to swarms

L Yang, L Zhang - Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Magnetic microrobotics has undergone approximately 20 years of development, and the
robotics and control communities have contributed significant theoretical and practical …

Recent advances in manipulation of micro-and nano-objects with magnetic fields at small scales

Q Cao, Q Fan, Q Chen, C Liu, X Han, L Li - Materials Horizons, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Manipulation of micro-and nano-objects has been widely studied in the past two decades
due to its potential applications in various fields. In this review, we focus primarily on …

A survey on swarm microrobotics

L Yang, J Yu, S Yang, B Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The small size and wireless actuation of microrobots make them potential candidates for
minimally invasive medicine. To advance microrobots to future clinical application …

Integrated lab-on-chip biosensing systems based on magnetic particle actuation–a comprehensive review

A Van Reenen, AM de Jong, JMJ den Toonder… - Lab on a Chip, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The demand for easy to use and cost effective medical technologies inspires scientists to
develop innovative lab-on-chip technologies for point-of-care in vitro diagnostic testing. To …

On-demand disassembly of paramagnetic nanoparticle chains for microrobotic cargo delivery

J Yu, T Xu, Z Lu, CI Vong… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Paramagnetic nanoparticles are considered as attractive building blocks, particularly for
robotic delivery of drugs. Although paramagnetic nanoparticles can be effectively gathered …

Microfluidic magnetic mixing at low reynolds numbers and in stagnant fluids

ES Shanko, Y van de Burgt, PD Anderson… - Micromachines, 2019 - mdpi.com
Microfluidic mixing becomes a necessity when thorough sample homogenization is required
in small volumes of fluid, such as in lab-on-a-chip devices. For example, efficient mixing is …

Statistics-based automated control for a swarm of paramagnetic nanoparticles in 2-D space

L Yang, J Yu, L Zhang - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Swarm control is one of the primary challenges in microrobotics. For the automated control
of such a microrobotic system with small size and large population, conventional methods …

Configurations and control of magnetic fields for manipulating magnetic particles in microfluidic applications: magnet systems and manipulation mechanisms

Q Cao, X Han, L Li - Lab on a Chip, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of a magnetic field for manipulating the motion of magnetic particles in
microchannels has attracted increasing attention in microfluidic applications. Generation of a …

Digital enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays with sub-attomolar detection limits based on low numbers of capture beads combined with high efficiency bead analysis

CW Kan, CI Tobos, DM Rissin, AD Wiener, RE Meyer… - Lab on a Chip, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
We report the development of digital enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) based
on single molecule arrays (Simoa) with improved sensitivities over conventional digital …

Multifunctional nanorobot system for active therapeutic delivery and synergistic chemo-photothermal therapy

Z Jin, KT Nguyen, G Go, B Kang, HK Min, SJ Kim… - Nano …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Nanorobots are safe and exhibit powerful functionalities, including delivery, therapy, and
diagnosis. Therefore, they are in high demand for the development of new cancer therapies …