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 …

Engineering microrobots for targeted cancer therapies from a medical perspective

CK Schmidt, M Medina-Sánchez… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Systemic chemotherapy remains the backbone of many cancer treatments. Due to its
untargeted nature and the severe side effects it can cause, numerous nanomedicine …

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 …

Advances of medical nanorobots for future cancer treatments

X Kong, P Gao, J Wang, Y Fang, KC Hwang - Journal of Hematology & …, 2023 - Springer
Early detection and diagnosis of many cancers is very challenging. Late stage detection of a
cancer always leads to high mortality rates. It is imperative to develop novel and more …

Endoscopy-assisted magnetic navigation of biohybrid soft microrobots with rapid endoluminal delivery and imaging

B Wang, KF Chan, K Yuan, Q Wang, X Xia, L Yang… - Science Robotics, 2021 - science.org
High-precision delivery of microrobots at the whole-body scale is of considerable
importance for efforts toward targeted therapeutic intervention. However, vision-based …

Smart micro-and nanorobots for water purification

M Urso, M Ussia, M Pumera - Nature Reviews Bioengineering, 2023 - nature.com
Less than 1% of Earth's freshwater reserves is accessible. Industrialization, population
growth and climate change are further exacerbating clean water shortage. Current water …

Autonomous metal-organic framework nanorobots for active mitochondria-targeted cancer therapy

X Peng, S Tang, D Tang, D Zhou, Y Li, Q Chen… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Nanorobotic manipulation to access subcellular organelles remains unmet due to the
challenge in achieving intracellular controlled propulsion. Intracellular organelles, such as …

Micro/nanorobots for biomedicine: Delivery, surgery, sensing, and detoxification

J Li, B Esteban-Fernández de Ávila, W Gao, L Zhang… - Science robotics, 2017 - science.org
Micro-and nanoscale robots that can effectively convert diverse energy sources into
movement and force represent a rapidly emerging and fascinating robotics research area …

Neutrophil-membrane-coated biomineralized metal–organic framework nanoparticles for atherosclerosis treatment by targeting gene silencing

Y Liu, M He, Y Yuan, C Nie, K Wei, T Zhang, T Chen… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) are promising tools for gene silencing and have been
exploited as therapeutics for human disease. However, delivery of therapeutic ASOs to …

Micromotor-enabled active drug delivery for in vivo treatment of stomach infection

BEF de Ávila, P Angsantikul, J Li… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Advances in bioinspired design principles and nanomaterials have led to tremendous
progress in autonomously moving synthetic nano/micromotors with diverse functionalities in …