Controlled propulsion of micro/nanomotors: operational mechanisms, motion manipulation and potential biomedical applications

T Liu, L Xie, CAH Price, J Liu, Q He… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Inspired by natural mobile microorganisms, researchers have developed micro/nanomotors
(MNMs) that can autonomously move by transducing different kinds of energies into kinetic …

Role of nanomaterials in the treatment of wastewater: A review

AA Yaqoob, T Parveen, K Umar, MN Mohamad Ibrahim - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
Water is an essential part of life and its availability is important for all living creatures. On the
other side, the world is suffering from a major problem of drinking water. There are several …

Trapping and detecting nanoplastics by MXene-derived oxide microrobots

M Urso, M Ussia, F Novotný, M Pumera - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Nanoplastic pollution, the final product of plastic waste fragmentation in the environment,
represents an increasing concern for the scientific community due to the easier diffusion and …

Collective behaviors of active matter learning from natural taxes across scales

F Ji, Y Wu, M Pumera, L Zhang - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Taxis orientation is common in microorganisms, and it provides feasible strategies to
operate active colloids as small‐scale robots. Collective taxes involve numerous units that …

Large‐Scale Self‐Assembly of MOFs Colloidosomes for Bubble‐Propelled Micromotors and Stirring‐Free Environmental Remediation

H Huang, J Li, M Yuan, H Yang, Y Zhao… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The design of MOF‐based micromotors (MOFtors) is still challenging and with limited
approaches, especially for the MOF nanoparticles (NPs). Herein, we report a universal and …

Site-selective superassembly of a multilevel asymmetric nanomotor with wavelength-modulated propulsion mechanisms

T Liu, M Yan, S Zhou, Q Liang, Y He, X Zhang… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Micro-/nanomotors with advanced motion manipulation have recently received mounting
interest; however, research focusing on the motion regulation strategies is still limited, as the …

3D Motion Manipulation for Micro‐and Nanomachines: Progress and Future Directions

H Huang, S Yang, Y Ying, X Chen… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In the past decade, micro‐and nanomachines (MNMs) have made outstanding
achievements in the fields of targeted drug delivery, tumor therapy, microsurgery, biological …

Nano/microplastics capture and degradation by autonomous nano/microrobots: a perspective

M Urso, M Pumera - Advanced Functional Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The growing use of plastic materials has led to the continuous accumulation of wastes in
marine environments, which fragment into hazardous micro‐and nanoplastics. These plastic …

Cascade Catalytically Released Nitric Oxide‐Driven Nanomotor with Enhanced Penetration for Antibiofilm

J Zheng, W Wang, X Gao, S Zhao, W Chen, J Li, YN Liu - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nanodrugs are becoming increasingly important in the treatment of bacterial infection, but
their low penetration ability to bacterial biofilm is still the main challenge hindering their …

Enzyme‐Photocatalyst Tandem Microrobot Powered by Urea for Escherichia coli Biofilm Eradication

K Villa, H Sopha, J Zelenka, M Motola, L Dekanovsky… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Urinary‐based infections affect millions of people worldwide. Such bacterial infections are
mainly caused by Escherichia coli (E. coli) biofilm formation in the bladder and/or urinary …