Developments and application of chitosan-based adsorbents for wastewater treatments

P Bhatt, S Joshi, GMU Bayram, P Khati… - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Water quality is deteriorating continuously as increasing levels of toxic inorganic and
organic contaminants mostly discharging into the aquatic environment. Removal of such …

Smart organic materials based on macrocycle hosts

XY Lou, S Zhang, Y Wang, YW Yang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Innovative design of smart organic materials is of great importance for the advancement of
modern technology. Macrocycle hosts, possessing cyclic skeletons, intrinsic cavities, and …

Micro/nanorobotic swarms: from fundamentals to functionalities

J Law, J Yu, W Tang, Z Gong, X Wang, Y Sun - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Swarms, which stem from collective behaviors among individual elements, are commonly
seen in nature. Since two decades ago, scientists have been attempting to understand the …

Biohybrid microalgae robots: design, fabrication, materials, and applications

F Zhang, Z Li, C Chen, H Luan, RH Fang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The integration of microorganisms and engineered artificial components has shown
considerable promise for creating biohybrid microrobots. The unique features of microalgae …

Reconfigurable self-assembly of photocatalytic magnetic microrobots for water purification

M Urso, M Ussia, X Peng, CM Oral, M Pumera - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
The development of artificial small-scale robotic swarms with nature-mimicking collective
behaviors represents the frontier of research in robotics. While microrobot swarming under …

Wet‐Chemical Etching and Delamination of MoAlB into MBene and Its Outstanding Photocatalytic Performance

D Bury, M Jakubczak, MAK Purbayanto… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
MBenes are post‐MXene materials that contain boron in their structure instead of carbon
and nitrogen. This unique composition offers an opportunity to explore the role of boron in …

Biohybrid magnetically driven microrobots for sustainable removal of micro/nanoplastics from the aquatic environment

X Peng, M Urso, M Kolackova, D Huska… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The proliferation of micro/nanoplastics derived from the fragmentation of plastic waste
released in the environment represents an increasingly alarming issue with adverse …

In vivo applications of micro/nanorobots

CM Oral, M Pumera - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Untethered robots in the size range of micro/nano-scale offer unprecedented access to hard-
to-reach areas of the body. In these challenging environments, autonomous task completion …

Materials consideration for the design, fabrication and operation of microscale robots

C Chen, S Ding, J Wang - Nature Reviews Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Microscale robots have been the focus of extensive research efforts resulting in various
innovative developments that broaden their capabilities and applications. The rational …

Metal oxide single-component light-powered micromotors for photocatalytic degradation of nitroaromatic pollutants

X Peng, M Urso, M Pumera - npj Clean Water, 2023 - nature.com
Mass transfer is a key parameter in heterogeneous reactions. Micro/nanomachines, a
promising technology for environmental applications, significantly enhance the performance …