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 …

Self‐Propelled Micro‐/Nanomotors as “On‐the‐Move” Platforms: Cleaners, Sensors, and Reactors

Y Hu, W Liu, Y Sun - Advanced Functional Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Artificial micro‐/nanomotors (MNMs) are tiny apparatuses that can autonomously
navigate and perform specific tasks at micro‐/nanoscale. The continuous movement …

Swarming behavior and in vivo monitoring of enzymatic nanomotors within the bladder

AC Hortelao, C Simó, M Guix, S Guallar-Garrido… - Science Robotics, 2021 - science.org
Enzyme-powered nanomotors are an exciting technology for biomedical applications due to
their ability to navigate within biological environments using endogenous fuels. However …

Urease-powered nanobots for radionuclide bladder cancer therapy

C Simó, M Serra-Casablancas, AC Hortelao… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Bladder cancer treatment via intravesical drug administration achieves reasonable survival
rates but suffers from low therapeutic efficacy. To address the latter, self-propelled …

Micro-and nanomotors as active environmental microcleaners and sensors

J Parmar, D Vilela, K Villa, J Wang… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The quest to provide clean water to the entire population has led to a tremendous boost in
the development of environmental nanotechnology. Toward this end, micro/nanomotors are …

Enzyme-powered tubular microrobotic jets as bioinspired micropumps for active transmembrane drug transport

L Wang, P Guo, D Jin, Y Peng, X Sun, Y Chen, X Liu… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In nature, there exist a variety of transport proteins on cell membranes capable of actively
moving cargos across biological membranes, which plays a vital role in the living activities of …

Self‐Propelled Micro/Nanomotors for Tumor Targeting Delivery and Therapy

R Lin, W Yu, X Chen, H Gao - Advanced healthcare materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer is still one of the most serious diseases with threats to health and life. Although some
advances have been made in targeting delivery of antitumor drugs over the past number of …

Metal-oxide-based microjets for the simultaneous removal of organic pollutants and heavy metals

K Villa, J Parmar, D Vilela… - ACS applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Water contamination from industrial and anthropogenic activities is nowadays a major issue
in many countries worldwide. To address this problem, efficient water treatment technologies …

Bilayer tubular micromotors for simultaneous environmental monitoring and remediation

C Liang, C Zhan, F Zeng, D Xu, Y Wang… - … applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
There are two main aspects of environmental governance including monitoring and
remediation, both of which are essential for environmental protection. Self-propelled …

Nano/Micromotor‐Driven SERS for Highly Sensitive and Spatially Controlled Sensing

IB Becerril‐Castro, V Salgueiriño… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Nano/micromotors (NMs) are tiny structures capable of converting various forms of energy
into mechanical motion at the micro and nanoscale. These motors operate in environments …