Controlled propulsion of micro/nanomotors: operational mechanisms, motion manipulation and potential biomedical applications

T Liu, L Xie, CAH Price, J Liu, Q He… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Inspired by natural mobile microorganisms, researchers have developed micro/nanomotors
(MNMs) that can autonomously move by transducing different kinds of energies into kinetic …

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 …

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 …

Microrobots for targeted delivery and therapy in digestive system

Y Wang, J Shen, S Handschuh-Wang, M Qiu, S Du… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Untethered miniature robots enable targeted delivery and therapy deep inside the
gastrointestinal tract in a minimally invasive manner. By combining actuation systems and …

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 …

Intelligent micro/nanorobots for improved tumor therapy

Z Sun, Y Hou - BMEMat, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A major bottleneck underlying nanomaterial‐based tumor therapy lies in complex biological
environment and physiological barriers. Micro/nanorobots with the features of self …

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 …

Targeting 3D bladder cancer spheroids with urease-powered nanomotors

AC Hortelao, R Carrascosa, N Murillo-Cremaes… - Acs Nano, 2018 - ACS Publications
Cancer is one of the main causes of death around the world, lacking efficient clinical
treatments that generally present severe side effects. In recent years, various nanosystems …