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 …

Medical micro/nanorobots in precision medicine

F Soto, J Wang, R Ahmed, U Demirci - Advanced science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in medical robots promise to improve modern medicine and the quality of life.
Miniaturization of these robotic platforms has led to numerous applications that leverages …

Enzyme-powered Janus platelet cell robots for active and targeted drug delivery

S Tang, F Zhang, H Gong, F Wei, J Zhuang… - Science Robotics, 2020 - science.org
Transforming natural cells into functional biocompatible robots capable of active movement
is expected to enhance the functions of the cells and revolutionize the development of …

Biomedical micro‐/nanomotors: from overcoming biological barriers to in vivo imaging

C Gao, Y Wang, Z Ye, Z Lin, X Ma, Q He - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐propelled micro‐and nanomotors (MNMs) have shown great potential for applications
in the biomedical field, such as active targeted delivery, detoxification, minimally invasive …

Enzyme-powered liquid metal nanobots endowed with multiple biomedical functions

D Xu, J Hu, X Pan, S Sanchez, X Yan, X Ma - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Catalytically powered micro/nanobots (MNBs) can perform active movement by harnessing
energy from in situ chemical reactions and show tremendous potential in biomedical …

Ultrafast directional Janus Pt–mesoporous silica nanomotors for smart drug delivery

P Díez, E Lucena-Sánchez, A Escudero… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Development of bioinspired nanomachines with an efficient propulsion and cargo-towing
has attracted much attention in the last years due to their potential biosensing, diagnostics …

Recent advances in nano‐and micromotors

M Fernández‐Medina… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nano‐and micromotors are fascinating objects that can navigate in complex fluidic
environments. Their active motion can be triggered by external power sources or they can …

Enzyme‐powered nanobots enhance anticancer drug delivery

AC Hortelão, T Patiño, A Perez‐Jiménez… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The use of enzyme catalysis to power micro‐and nanomotors exploiting biocompatible fuels
has opened new ventures for biomedical applications such as the active transport and …

Fundamental aspects of enzyme-powered micro-and nanoswimmers

T Patiño, X Arqué, R Mestre, L Palacios… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Self-propulsion at the nanoscale constitutes a challenge due to the need for
overcoming viscous forces and Brownian motion. Inspired by nature, artificial micro-and …

Raman spectroscopy to unravel the magnetic properties of iron oxide nanocrystals for bio-related applications

M Testa-Anta, MA Ramos-Docampo… - Nanoscale …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Iron oxide nanocrystals have become a versatile tool in biomedicine because of their low
cytotoxicity while offering a wide range of tuneable magnetic properties that may be …