Demands for next‐generation soft and responsive materials have sparked recent interest in the development of shape‐changing particles and particle assemblies. Over the last two …
Future developments in micromanufacturing will require advances in micromanipulation tools. Several robotic micromanipulation methods have been developed to position micro …
Independent control of microrobots is a cardinal challenge for manipulation at micro/nano scale. In this paper, we design and assemble an electromagnetic setup to overcome some of …
Single cell manipulation is important in biosensing, biorobotics, and quantitative cell analysis. Although microbeads, droplets, and microrobots have been developed previously …
Magnetically responsive elastomers generate continuous motions and locomotion through changes in external magnetic fields. The magnetic particles in an elastomer achieve shape …
H Zhou, S Zhang, Z Liu, B Chi, J Li, Y Wang - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Microgrippers, a branch of micro/nanorobots, refer to motile miniaturized machines that are of a size in the range of several to hundreds of micrometers. Compared with tethered …
CM Heunis, Z Wang, G de Vente… - Macromolecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Currently, gastrointestinal bleeding in the colon wall and the small bowel is diagnosed and treated with endoscopes. However, the locations of this condition are often problematic to …
Bending and folding techniques such as origami and kirigami enable the scale‐invariant design of 3D structures, metamaterials, and robots from 2D starting materials. These design …
Introduction Advances in microfabrication, automation, and computer engineering seek to revolutionize small-scale devices and machines. Emerging trends in medicine point to smart …