Novel low-carbon energy solutions for powering emerging wearables, smart textiles, and medical devices

B Ramasubramanian, S Sundarrajan… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
One of the most major agendas to mitigate climate change is the transition to low-carbon
energy extraction. Furthermore, developing cutting-edge prototypes for wearable …

Free radical as a double-edged sword in disease: Deriving strategic opportunities for nanotherapeutics

L Zhu, M Luo, Y Zhang, F Fang, M Li, F An… - Coordination chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Free radicals, usually containing one or more unpaired electrons, are extremely unstable
and highly reactive with other biological molecules. Recently, there has been increasing …

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 …

Magnesium galvanic cells produce hydrogen and modulate the tumor microenvironment to inhibit cancer growth

N Yang, F Gong, B Liu, Y Hao, Y Chao, H Lei… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Hydrogen can be used as an anti-cancer treatment. However, the continuous generation of
H2 molecules within the tumor is challenging. Magnesium (Mg) and its alloys have been …

MOF-based micro/nanomotors (MOFtors): Recent progress and challenges

H Yang, L Wang, X Huang - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Micro/nanomotors (MNMs) are burgeoning micro/nanoscale devices with plentiful
applications ranging from biomedicine to environmental remediation. However, some urgent …

Symbiotic algae–bacteria dressing for producing hydrogen to accelerate diabetic wound healing

H Chen, Y Guo, Z Zhang, W Mao, C Shen, W Xiong… - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Oxidative stress induced by hyperglycemia or chronic inflammation can limit diabetic wound
healing, resulting in diabetic foot ulcers. Hydrogen has the potential to act as an antioxidant …

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 …

[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 …

Biomedical Micro‐/Nanomotors: Design, Imaging, and Disease Treatment

W Liu, Y Liu, H Li, H Nie, M Tian… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Untethered mobile micro‐/nanomotors (MNMs), as newly‐emerging attractive and versatile
nanotechnologies, are expected to be the next‐generation disease treatment tools, for …

In vivo applications of micro/nanorobots

CM Oral, M Pumera - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Untethered robots in the size range of micro/nano-scale offer unprecedented access to hard-
to-reach areas of the body. In these challenging environments, autonomous task completion …