Inspired by natural mobile microorganisms, researchers have developed micro/nanomotors
(MNMs) that can autonomously move by transducing different kinds of energies into kinetic …

Osmosis is a universal phenomenon occurring in a broad variety of processes and fields. It
is the archetype of entropic forces, both trivial in its fundamental expression–the van't Hoff …

Conspectus The assembly of complex structures from simpler, individual units is a hallmark
of biology. Examples include the pairing of DNA strands, the assembly of protein chains into …

Active biocompatible systems are of great current interest for their possible applications in
drug or antidote delivery at specific locations. Herein, we report the synthesis and study of …

Synthetic microswimmers are a class of artificial nano‐or microscale particle capable of
converting external energy into motion. They are similar to natural microswimmers such as …

Micromotors are an emerging class of micromachines that could find potential applications
in biomedicine, environmental remediation, and microscale self-assembly. Understanding …

It is nowadays of a great challenge to create and navigate artificial micro/nanomotor swarms
by external stimuli, which, however, may develop reconfigurable robots or programmable …

Mechanism-switchable nanomotors are expected to exhibit high adaptability and wide
applicability. Herein, for the first time, we report a flask-shaped carbon@ Pt@ fatty-acid …

Chemically active colloids locally change the chemical composition of their solvent via
catalytic reactions which occur on parts of their surface. They achieve motility by converting …

There is mounting interest in synthetic microswimmers (“micromotors”) as microrobots as
well as a model system for the study of active matters, and spatial navigation is critical for …