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 …

3D printing of functional microrobots

J Li, M Pumera - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
3D printing (also called “additive manufacturing” or “rapid prototyping”) is able to translate
computer-aided and designed virtual 3D models into 3D tangible constructs/objects through …

Scalar active mixtures: The nonreciprocal Cahn-Hilliard model

S Saha, J Agudo-Canalejo, R Golestanian - Physical Review X, 2020 - APS
Pair interactions between active particles need not follow Newton's third law. In this work, we
propose a continuum model of pattern formation due to nonreciprocal interaction between …

Active phase separation in mixtures of chemically interacting particles

J Agudo-Canalejo, R Golestanian - Physical review letters, 2019 - APS
We theoretically study mixtures of chemically interacting particles, which produce or
consume a chemical to which they are attracted or repelled, in the most general case of …

Near‐Infrared Light‐Driven Mesoporous SiO2/Au Nanomotors for Eradication of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm

T Maric, A Løvind, Z Zhang, J Geng… - Advanced Healthcare …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial biofilms are linked to several diseases and cause resistant and chronic infections
in immune‐compromised patients. Nanomotors comprise a new field of research showing a …

Recent process in microrobots: from propulsion to swarming for biomedical applications

R Wu, Y Zhu, X Cai, S Wu, L Xu, T Yu - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Recently, robots have assisted and contributed to the biomedical field. Scaling down the
size of robots to micro/nanoscale can increase the accuracy of targeted medications and …

Light-controlled assembly of active colloidal molecules

F Schmidt, B Liebchen, H Löwen… - The Journal of chemical …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Thanks to a constant energy input, active matter can self-assemble into phases with complex
architectures and functionalities such as living clusters that dynamically form, reshape, and …

Local polar and long-range isotropic activity assisted swelling and collapse dynamics of an active ring polymer

S Kumar, S Thakur - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
The circular and ring structures in many synthetic or natural systems simultaneously
experience local and long-range forces. In this work, we use numerical simulations to …

Generic rules for distinguishing autophoretic colloidal motors

Y Peng, P Xu, S Duan, J Liu, JL Moran… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Distinguishing the operating mechanisms of nano‐and micromotors powered by chemical
gradients, ie “autophoresis”, holds the key for fundamental and applied reasons. In this …

Polyhedral micromotors of metal–organic frameworks: symmetry breaking and propulsion

Z Wang, W Xu, Z Wang, D Lyu, Y Mu… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Colloidal micromotors can autonomously propel due to their broken symmetry that leads to
unbalanced local mechanical forces. Most commonly, micromotors are synthesized to …