Magnetically driven micro and nanorobots

H Zhou, CC Mayorga-Martinez, S Pané… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Manipulation and navigation of micro and nanoswimmers in different fluid environments can
be achieved by chemicals, external fields, or even motile cells. Many researchers have …

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 …

Microplastic removal and degradation by mussel‐inspired adhesive magnetic/enzymatic microrobots

H Zhou, CC Mayorga‐Martinez, M Pumera - Small methods, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ubiquitous pollution by microplastics is causing significant deleterious effects on marine life
and human health through the food chain and has become a big challenge for the global …

Shape-controlled self-assembly of light-powered microrobots into ordered microchains for cells transport and water remediation

X Peng, M Urso, M Ussia, M Pumera - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nature presents the collective behavior of living organisms aiming to accomplish complex
tasks, inspiring the development of cooperative micro/nanorobots. Herein, the spontaneous …

Breaking polymer chains with self‐propelled light‐controlled navigable hematite microrobots

M Urso, M Ussia, M Pumera - Advanced Functional Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The increasing use of polymers has led to an uncontrollable accumulation of polymer waste
in the environment, evidencing the urgent need for effective and definitive strategies to …

Active Light‐Powered Antibiofilm ZnO Micromotors with Chemically Programmable Properties

M Ussia, M Urso, K Dolezelikova… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial biofilms are multicellular communities firmly attached to solid extracellular
substrates. They are considered the primary cause of huge economic losses, from medicine …

Radioactive Uranium Preconcentration via Self-Propelled Autonomous Microrobots Based on Metal–Organic Frameworks

Y Ying, AM Pourrahimi, Z Sofer, S Matějková… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Self-propelled micromachines have recently attracted attention for environmental
remediation, yet their use for radioactive waste management has not been addressed …

Dual-stimuli-responsive CuS-based micromotors for efficient photo-Fenton degradation of antibiotics

E Ma, K Wang, Z Hu, H Wang - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Antibiotics as emerging pollutants in water pose great risks to human health. Due to their
persistence in the environment, advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) have been proposed …

Recent process in microrobots: from propulsion to swarming for biomedical applications

R Wu, Y Zhu, X Cai, S Wu, L Xu, T Yu - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Recently, robots have assisted and contributed to the biomedical field. Scaling down the
size of robots to micro/nanoscale can increase the accuracy of targeted medications and …

Gastric Acid Powered Nanomotors Release Antibiotics for In Vivo Treatment of Helicobacter pylori Infection

Y Wu, Z Song, G Deng, K Jiang, H Wang, X Zhang… - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection has≈ 75% probability of causing gastric cancer, so it
is considered to be the strongest single risk factor for gastric malignancies. However, the …