Advanced materials for micro/nanorobotics

J Kim, P Mayorga-Burrezo, SJ Song… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Autonomous micro/nanorobots capable of performing programmed missions are at the
forefront of next-generation micromachinery. These small robotic systems are predominantly …

A brief overview of recent progress in porous silica as catalyst supports

PS Shinde, PS Suryawanshi, KK Patil… - Journal of Composites …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Porous silica particles have shown applications in various technological fields including
their use as catalyst supports in heterogeneous catalysis. The mesoporous silica particles …

Confined motion: motility of active microparticles in cell-sized lipid vesicles

S Song, A Llopis-Lorente, AF Mason… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Active materials can transduce external energy into kinetic energy at the nano and micron
length scales. This unique feature has sparked much research, which ranges from achieving …

Magnetic nanomotors in emulsions for locomotion of microdroplets

B Kichatov, A Korshunov, V Sudakov… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The locomotion of droplets in emulsions is of practical significance for fields related to
medicine and chemical engineering, which can be done with a magnetic field to move …

Nanobots-based advancement in targeted drug delivery and imaging: an update

A Gupta, S Soni, N Chauhan, M Khanuja… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Manipulation and targeted navigation of nanobots in complex biological conditions can be
achieved by chemical reactions, by applying external forces, and via motile cells. Several …

Magnetic mesoporous silica nanorods loaded with ceria and functionalized with fluorophores for multimodal imaging

J Grzelak, J Gázquez, A Grayston, M Teles… - ACS applied nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Multifunctional magnetic nanocomposites based on mesoporous silica have a wide range of
potential applications in catalysis, biomedicine, or sensing. Such particles combine …

Boosting the Efficiency of Photoactive Rod-Shaped Nanomotors via Magnetic Field-Induced Charge Separation

R Ferrer Campos, AC Bakenecker… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Photocatalytic nanomotors have attracted a lot of attention because of their unique capacity
to simultaneously convert light and chemical energy into mechanical motion with a fast …

[HTML][HTML] Boosting the Efficiency of Photoactive Rod-Shaped Nanomotors via Magnetic Field-Induced Charge Separation

RF Campos, AC Bakenecker, Y Chen… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Photocatalytic nanomotors have attracted a lot of attention because of their unique capacity
to simultaneously convert light and chemical energy into mechanical motion with a fast …

Ultrasmall Fe2O3 Tubular Nanomotors: The First Example of Swarming Photocatalytic Nanomotors Operating in High-Electrolyte Media

L Yu, M Yang, J Guan, F Mou - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Self-propelled chemical micro/nanomotors (MNMs) have demonstrated considerable
potential in targeted drug delivery,(bio) sensing, and environmental remediation due to their …

Bioevaluation of magnetic mesoporous silica rods: cytotoxicity, cell uptake and biodistribution in zebrafish and rodents

J Grzelak, M Teles, N Roher, A Grayston, A Rosell… - RSC …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSN) characterized by large surface area, pore volume,
tunable chemistry, and biocompatibility have been widely studied in nanomedicine as …