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 …

External power-driven microrobotic swarm: from fundamental understanding to imaging-guided delivery

Q Wang, L Zhang - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Untethered micro/nanorobots have been widely investigated owing to their potential in
performing various tasks in different environments. The significant progress in this emerging …

Fantastic voyage of nanomotors into the cell

PL Venugopalan, B Esteban-Fernández de Ávila… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Richard Feynman's 1959 vision of controlling devices at small scales and swallowing the
surgeon has inspired the science-fiction Fantastic Voyage film and has played a crucial role …

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 …

MnO2-Based Nanomotors with Active Fenton-like Mn2+ Delivery for Enhanced Chemodynamic Therapy

J Ou, H Tian, J Wu, J Gao, J Jiang, K Liu… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Chemodynamic therapy (CDT) is an emerging strategy for cancer treatment based on
Fenton chemistry, which can convert endogenous H2O2 into toxic· OH. However, the limited …

Ultrasound-Chargeable Persistent Luminescence Nanoparticles to Generate Self-Propelled Motion and Photothermal/NO Therapy for Synergistic Tumor Treatment

Z Zhang, H Yan, W Cao, S Xie, P Ran, K Wei, X Li - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cancer phototherapy indicates advantages in ease of manipulation, negligible drug
resistance, and spatiotemporal control but is confronted with challenges in tumor cell …

Intelligent Micro‐/Nanorobots for Cancer Theragnostic

J Wang, Y Dong, P Ma, Y Wang, F Zhang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer is one of the most intractable diseases owing to its high mortality rate and lack of
effective diagnostic and treatment tools. Advancements in micro‐/nanorobot (MNR)‐assisted …

Self-propelled Janus nanocatalytic robots guided by magnetic resonance imaging for enhanced tumor penetration and therapy

Z Sun, T Wang, J Wang, J Xu, T Shen… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biomedical micro/nanorobots as active delivery systems with the features of self-propulsion
and controllable navigation have made tremendous progress in disease therapy and …

Lignin-based smart materials: a roadmap to processing and synthesis for current and future applications

A Moreno, MH Sipponen - Materials Horizons, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Biomass-derived materials are green alternatives to synthetic plastics and other fossil-based
materials. Lignin, an aromatic plant polymer, is one of the most appealing renewable …

Swarming magnetic nanorobots bio-interfaced by heparinoid-polymer brushes for in vivo safe synergistic thrombolysis

M Yang, Y Zhang, F Mou, C Cao, L Yu, Z Li… - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
Biocompatible swarming magnetic nanorobots that work in blood vessels for safe and
efficient targeted thrombolytic therapy in vivo are demonstrated. This is achieved by using …