Actuation and biomedical development of micro-/nanorobots–A review

S Zhao, D Sun, J Zhang, H Lu, Y Wang, R Xiong… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the past 20 years, there has been considerable progress in the development of
research in the micro-/nanorobotics area. Through major, rapid, investment in the field and …

Open questions of chemically powered nano-and micromotors

W Wang - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023 - ACS Publications
Chemically powered nano-and micromotors are microscopic devices that convert chemical
energy into motion. Interest in these motors has grown over the past 20 years because they …

Control the neural stem cell fate with biohybrid piezoelectrical magnetite micromotors

L Liu, J Wu, S Wang, L Kun, J Gao, B Chen, Y Ye… - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Inducing neural stem cells to differentiate and replace degenerated functional neurons
represents the most promising approach for neural degenerative diseases including …

A practical guide to analyzing and reporting the movement of nanoscale swimmers

W Wang, TE Mallouk - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
The recent invention of nanoswimmers—synthetic, powered objects with characteristic
lengths in the range of 10–500 nm—has sparked widespread interest among scientists and …

Arbitrary Construction of Versatile NIR‐Driven Microrobots

W Li, B Liu, L Ou, G Li, D Lei, Z Xiong, H Xu… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Emerging light‐driven micro/nanorobots (LMNRs) showcase profound potential for
sophisticated manipulation and various applications. However, the realization of a versatile …

Engineering shapes of active colloids for tunable dynamics

Z Wang, Y Mu, D Lyu, M Wu, J Li, Z Wang… - Current Opinion in Colloid …, 2022 - Elsevier
Active particles can autonomously propel and have the tendency to organize into high-order
ensembles and phases that evolve and reconfigure. They have emerged as a focused …

An axis-asymmetric self-driven micromotor that can perform precession multiplying “on-the-fly” mass transfer

K Xiong, J Lin, Q Chen, T Gao, L Xu, J Guan - Matter, 2023 - cell.com
Self-driven micro/nanomotors (MNMs) can generate" on-the-fly" mass transfer, significantly
advancing micro/nanofluid technologies. However, the presence of at least one symmetric …

Solution‐synthesized multifunctional janus nanotree microswimmer

J Dai, X Cheng, X Li, Z Wang, Y Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Synthetic active matters are perfect model systems for non‐equilibrium thermodynamics and
of great potential for novel biomedical and environmental applications. However, most …

Active Synthetic Microrotors: Design Strategies and Applications

X Lyu, J Chen, R Zhu, J Liu, L Fu, JL Moran, W Wang - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Microrotors are microscopic objects that convert energy stored in the environment into
spontaneous rotation, in the form of spinning along an axis, rolling on a surface, or orbiting …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis and application of silver and copper nanowires in high transparent solar cells

J Yang, F Yu, A Chen, S Zhao, Y Zhou, S Zhang… - Advanced Powder …, 2022 - Elsevier
Electrodes in new function-flexible optoelectronic devices, need to meet the requirements of
foldability and high transmittance. In last decades, thousands of research about copper and …