Magnetic/Acoustic Dual‐Controlled Microrobot Overcoming Oto‐Biological Barrier for On‐Demand Multidrug Delivery against Hearing Loss

X Yi, L Guo, Q Zeng, S Huang, D Wen, C Wang, Y Kou… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Multidrug combination therapy in the inner ear faces diverse challenges due to the distinct
physicochemical properties of drugs and the difficulties of overcoming the oto‐biologic …

Collective buoyancy-driven dynamics in swarming enzymatic nanomotors

S Chen, X Peetroons, AC Bakenecker… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Enzymatic nanomotors harvest kinetic energy through the catalysis of chemical fuels. When
a drop containing nanomotors is placed in a fuel-rich environment, they assemble into …

Swarms of Enzymatic Nanobots for Efficient Gene Delivery

JC Fraire, C Prado-Morales… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
This study investigates the synthesis and optimization of nanobots (NBs) loaded with pDNA
using the layer-by-layer (LBL) method and explores the impact of their collective motion on …

Low efficiency of Janus microswimmers as hydrodynamic mixers

MR Bailey, DA Fedosov, F Paratore, F Grillo… - Physical Review E, 2024 - APS
The generation of fluid flows by autophoretic microswimmers has been proposed as a
mechanism to enhance mass transport and mixing at the micro-and nanoscale. Here, we …

Chemical magnetism–surface force to move motors

B Kichatov, A Korshunov, V Sudakov - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
If redox reactions occur on the surface of a motor and a current loop arises, then in a non-
uniform magnetic field, in addition to the usual magnetic force, such a motor will also be …

Convective Dynamics of Swarming Enzymatic Nanomotors

S Sánchez, S Chen, X Peetroons, A Bakenecker… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Enzymatic nanomotors harvest kinetic energy through the catalysis of chemical fuels. When
a group of self-propelled nanomotors is placed in a fuel-rich environment, they assemble …