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 …

Trends in micro‐/nanorobotics: materials development, actuation, localization, and system integration for biomedical applications

B Wang, K Kostarelos, BJ Nelson… - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Micro‐/nanorobots (m‐bots) have attracted significant interest due to their suitability
for applications in biomedical engineering and environmental remediation. Particularly, their …

Small‐scale machines driven by external power sources

XZ Chen, B Jang, D Ahmed, C Hu… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Micro‐and nanorobots have shown great potential for applications in various fields,
including minimally invasive surgery, targeted therapy, cell manipulation, environmental …

Highly efficient freestyle magnetic nanoswimmer

T Li, J Li, KI Morozov, Z Wu, T Xu, I Rozen… - Nano …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The unique swimming strategies of natural microorganisms have inspired recent
development of magnetic micro/nanorobots powered by artificial helical or flexible flagella …

Recent advances in manipulation of micro-and nano-objects with magnetic fields at small scales

Q Cao, Q Fan, Q Chen, C Liu, X Han, L Li - Materials Horizons, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Manipulation of micro-and nano-objects has been widely studied in the past two decades
due to its potential applications in various fields. In this review, we focus primarily on …

Biohybrid and bioinspired magnetic microswimmers

K Bente, A Codutti, F Bachmann, D Faivre - Small, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Many motile microorganisms swim and navigate in chemically and mechanically complex
environments. These organisms can be functionalized and directly used for applications …

Engineering magnetic micro/nanorobots for versatile biomedical applications

L Wang, Z Meng, Y Chen… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
With the rapid development of micro/nanomanufacturing technology, a variety of
multifunctional micro/nanorobots have emerged. In particular, magnetic actuation‐based …

Magnetic bio-hybrid micro actuators

D Quashie, P Benhal, Z Chen, Z Wang, X Mu, X Song… - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past two decades, there has been a growing body of work on wireless devices that
can operate on the length scales of biological cells and even smaller. A class of these …

Swimming with magnets: from biological organisms to synthetic devices

S Klumpp, CT Lefèvre, M Bennet, D Faivre - Physics Reports, 2019 - Elsevier
The movement of microorganisms is not only an essential aspect of life, it also serves as a
fruitful model for the development of synthetic microswimmers or microrobots with potential …

Design, fabrication, and characterization of a helical adaptive multi-material microrobot (HAMMR)

L Tan, DJ Cappelleri - IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Adaptive locomotion is an advanced function of microrobots that can be achieved using
smart materials. In this letter, a responsive hydrogel is utilized as a smart material and used …