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 …

Untethered small-scale machines for microrobotic manipulation: From individual and multiple to collective machines

Q Wang, J Zhang, J Yu, J Lang, Z Lyu, Y Chen… - Acs Nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Untethered small-scale machines (USSMs) that can actively adjust their motion,
deformation, and collective states in response to external stimuli have gained enormous …

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 …

Heat-mediated optical manipulation

Z Chen, J Li, Y Zheng - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Progress in optical manipulation has stimulated remarkable advances in a wide range of
fields, including materials science, robotics, medical engineering, and nanotechnology. This …

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 …

3D steerable, acoustically powered microswimmers for single-particle manipulation

L Ren, N Nama, JM McNeill, F Soto, Z Yan, W Liu… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
The ability to precisely maneuver micro/nano objects in fluids in a contactless, biocompatible
manner can enable innovative technologies and may have far-reaching impact in fields such …

Achieving Control in Micro‐/Nanomotor Mobility

AD Fusi, Y Li, A Llopis‐Lorente, T Patiño… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Unprecedented opportunities exist for the generation of advanced nanotechnologies based
on synthetic micro/nanomotors (MNMs), such as active transport of medical agents or the …

Intelligent Micro‐/Nanorobots for Cancer Theragnostic

J Wang, Y Dong, P Ma, Y Wang, F Zhang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer is one of the most intractable diseases owing to its high mortality rate and lack of
effective diagnostic and treatment tools. Advancements in micro‐/nanorobot (MNR)‐assisted …

Optical forces: from fundamental to biological applications

H Xin, Y Li, YC Liu, Y Zhang, YF Xiao… - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Optical forces, generally arising from changes of field gradients or linear momentum carried
by photons, form the basis for optical trapping and manipulation. Advances in optical forces …

Self-propelled active photothermal nanoswimmer for deep-layered elimination of biofilm in vivo

T Cui, S Wu, Y Sun, J Ren, X Qu - Nano Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
Increasing penetration of antibacterial agents into biofilm is a promising strategy for
improvement of therapeutic effect and slowdown of the progression of antibiotic resistance …