Light-driven micro/nanomotors in biomedical applications

X Zeng, M Yang, H Liu, Z Zhang, Y Hu, J Shi, ZH Wang - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanotechnology brings hope for targeted drug delivery. However, most current drug delivery
systems used passive delivery strategies with limited therapeutic efficiency. Over the past …

Multi‐Wavelength Light‐Responsive Metal–Phenolic Network‐Based Microrobots for Reactive Species Scavenging

Z Guo, T Liu, W Gao, C Iffelsberger, B Kong… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Light‐driven microrobots with different propulsion mechanisms have attracted great attention
in microrobot synthesis and applications. However, current systems rely heavily on precious …

Design of light-driven biocompatible and biodegradable microrobots containing Mg-based metallic glass nanowires

J Huang, X Yu, L Li, W Wang, H Zhang, Y Zhang… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Light-driven microrobots capable of moving rapidly on water surfaces in response to
external stimuli are widely used in a variety of fields, such as drug delivery, remote sampling …

Organic nanomotors: emerging versatile nanobots

J Jin, Y Li, S Wang, J Xie, X Yan - Nanoscale, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Artificial nanomotors are self-propelled nanometer-scaled machines that are capable of
converting external energy into mechanical motion. A significant progress on artificial …

Engineered Organic Nanorockets with Light‐Driven Ultrafast Transportability for Antitumor Therapy

A Feng, X Cheng, X Huang, Y Liu, Z He, J Zhao… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nanomedicines confront various complicated physiological barriers limiting the
accumulation and deep penetration in the tumor microenvironment, which seriously restricts …

Tetrazole Linkages as Photoactivated Fuels for Light‐Regulated Photothermal/Photocatalytic Propulsion of Versatile Polymer Nanoplatforms

J Jin, Y Li, D Cao, S Wang, X Yan - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Colloidal motors with multimode propulsion have attracted considerable attention because
of enhanced transportability. It is a great challenge to fabricate colloidal motors powered by …

Aqueous nanoprecipitation for programmable fabrication of versatile biopolymer nanoparticles

D Ding, L Gong, M Li, X Cheng, H Peng, Z Zhang… - Green …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Biopolymer nanoparticles have become highly important nanomaterials with great utility in
the pharmaceutical and food fields. However, the excessive use of organic solvents in …

Photothermally driven degradable nanomissile for single-wavelength phototherapy and hypoxia-activated chemotherapy

F Ouyang, L Zhao, Q Shuai - Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
Viscous tumour tissue seriously affects the effective delivery of nanodrugs and reduces their
anti-tumour effect. In order to solve this problem, a nanomotor (Cy7@ ZIF-8@ TPZ) for …

NIR-II Responsive Fe-Doped Carbon Nanoparticles for Photothermal-Enhanced Chemodynamic Synergistic Oncotherapy

X Wang, T Song, X Wu, Y Lin, X Shi… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Phototherapy has demonstrated substantial development because in the second near-
infrared (NIR-II) window it has a larger tissue penetration and fewer adverse consequences …

Template‐free nanostructured particle growth via a one‐pot continuous gradient nanoprecipitation

X Cheng, S Wang, J Bernard, F Ganachaud, X Yan - Aggregate, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Engineered nanoparticles have emerged as new types of materials for a wide range of
applications from therapeutics to energy. Still, fabricating nanomaterials presenting complex …