Biosafety, functionalities, and applications of biomedical micro/nanomotors

M Wan, T Li, H Chen, C Mao… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Due to their unique ability to actively move, micro/nanomotors offer the possibility of
breaking through the limitations of traditional passive drug delivery systems for the treatment …

Advances in chemically powered micro/nanorobots for biological applications: a review

Y Feng, M An, Y Liu, MT Sarwar… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Micro/nanorobots (MNRs) are capable of autonomous motion, breaking through the
limitations of traditional passive transport of nanocarriers. Among them, chemically driven …

Janus nanoparticles: From fabrication to (bio) applications

X Zhang, Q Fu, H Duan, J Song, H Yang - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Janus nanoparticles (JNPs) refer to the integration of two or more chemically discrepant
composites into one structure system. Studies into JNPs have been of significant interest …

Nanosized Janus AuNR-Pt Motor for Enhancing NIR-II Photoacoustic Imaging of Deep Tumor and Pt2+ Ion-Based Chemotherapy

Q Li, L Liu, H Huo, L Su, Y Wu, H Lin, X Ge, J Mu… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Synthetic micro/nanomotors have great potential in deep tissue imaging and in vivo drug
delivery because of their active motion ability. However, applying nanomotors with a size …

Ultrafast directional Janus Pt–mesoporous silica nanomotors for smart drug delivery

P Díez, E Lucena-Sánchez, A Escudero… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Development of bioinspired nanomachines with an efficient propulsion and cargo-towing
has attracted much attention in the last years due to their potential biosensing, diagnostics …

Platelet-derived porous nanomotor for thrombus therapy

M Wan, Q Wang, R Wang, R Wu, T Li, D Fang… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
The treatment difficulties of venous thrombosis include short half-life, low utilization, and
poor penetration of drugs at thrombus site. Here, we develop one kind of mesoporous …

Nitric oxide‐driven nanomotor for deep tissue penetration and multidrug resistance reversal in cancer therapy

MM Wan, H Chen, Z Da Wang, ZY Liu, YQ Yu… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Poor permeation of therapeutic agents and multidrug resistance (MDR) in solid tumors are
the two major challenges that lead to the failure of the current chemotherapy methods …

[HTML][HTML] Medical micro-and nanomotors in the body

H Li, F Peng, X Yan, C Mao, X Ma, DA Wilson… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2023 - Elsevier
Attributed to the miniaturized body size and active mobility, micro-and nanomotors (MNMs)
have demonstrated tremendous potential for medical applications. However, from bench to …

NIR‐II Light Powered Asymmetric Hydrogel Nanomotors for Enhanced Immunochemotherapy

Y Wang, W Chen, Z Wang, Y Zhu, H Zhao… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nanomotors are appealing drug carriers, and the strength of the propelling force is important
for their motion capability. Though high motion efficiency has been achieved with 808 nm …

A critical review on nanowire‐motors: design, mechanism and applications

D Wang, A Mukhtar, M Humayun, K Wu… - The Chemical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Nanowire‐motors (NW− Ms) are promoting the rapid development of emerging
biomedicine and environmental governance, and are an important branch of micro‐nano …