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 …

Lighting up micro-/nanorobots with fluorescence

M Yang, X Guo, F Mou, J Guan - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Micro-/nanorobots (MNRs) can be autonomously propelled on demand in complex
biological environments and thus may bring revolutionary changes to biomedicines …

Micro-and nanomotors as active environmental microcleaners and sensors

J Parmar, D Vilela, K Villa, J Wang… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The quest to provide clean water to the entire population has led to a tremendous boost in
the development of environmental nanotechnology. Toward this end, micro/nanomotors are …

Micromotors for environmental applications: a review

B Jurado-Sánchez, J Wang - Environmental Science: Nano, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-propelled micromotors represent a new paradigm in the environmental field, greatly
enhancing the efficiency of traditional operations due to the actively moving matter …

Magnetic nanorobots as maneuverable immunoassay probes for automated and efficient enzyme linked immunosorbent assay

Y Wang, X Liu, C Chen, Y Chen, Y Li, H Ye, B Wang… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
As a typical, classical, but powerful biochemical sensing technology in analytical chemistry,
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) shows excellence and wide practicability for …

Progress toward catalytic micro‐and nanomotors for biomedical and environmental applications

M Safdar, SU Khan, J Jänis - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Synthetic micro‐and nanomotors (MNMs) are tiny objects that can autonomously move
under the influence of an appropriate source of energy, such as a chemical fuel, magnetic …

Micromotors for “Chemistry-on-the-Fly”

E Karshalev… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
This perspective reviews mobile micro/nanomotor scaffolds for performing “chemistry-on-the-
fly”. Synthetic nano/micromotors offer great versatility and distinct advantages in diverse …

Flavonol-based small-molecule fluorescent probes

T Qin, B Liu, Z Xu, G Yao, H Xu, C Zhao - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Flavonols, named as 3-hydroxyl-2-phenyl-1-benzopyran-4-one, are important
natural botanical functional pigments widely distributing in fruits, vegetables, and flowers …

Self‐propelled micro/nanomotors for sensing and environmental remediation

M Zarei, M Zarei - Small, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐propelled micro/nanomotors have gained attention for successful application in cargo
delivery, therapeutic treatments, sensing, and environmental remediation. Unique …

Design and fabrication of micro/nano-motors for environmental and sensing applications

H Ye, Y Wang, D Xu, X Liu, S Liu, X Ma - Applied Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Small-scale synthetic micro/nano-motors (MNMs) are at the forefront of scientific and
technological development, which may help to resolve the long-standing and pressing …