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 …

Recent process in microrobots: from propulsion to swarming for biomedical applications

R Wu, Y Zhu, X Cai, S Wu, L Xu, T Yu - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Recently, robots have assisted and contributed to the biomedical field. Scaling down the
size of robots to micro/nanoscale can increase the accuracy of targeted medications and …

An acoustically controlled helical microrobot

Y Deng, A Paskert, Z Zhang, R Wittkowski… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
As a next-generation toolkit, microrobots can transform a wide range of fields, including
micromanufacturing, electronics, microfluidics, tissue engineering, and medicine. While still …

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 …

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 …

Self‐Propelled Magnetic Dendrite‐Shaped Microrobots for Photodynamic Prostate Cancer Therapy

X Peng, M Urso, J Balvan, M Masarik… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Photocatalytic micromotors that exhibit wireless and controllable motion by light have been
extensively explored for cancer treatment by photodynamic therapy (PDT). However …

Hybrid enzymatic/Photocatalytic degradation of antibiotics via morphologically programmable light‐driven ZnO microrobots

CM Oral, M Ussia, M Pumera - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Antibiotics are antimicrobial substances that can be used for preventive and therapeutic
purposes in humans and animals. Their overdose usage has led to uncontrolled release to …

Magnetically Driven Self‐Degrading Zinc‐Containing Cystine Microrobots for Treatment of Prostate Cancer

M Ussia, M Urso, M Kratochvilova, J Navratil, J Balvan… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed tumor disease in men, and its treatment is
still a big challenge in standard oncology therapy. Magnetically actuated microrobots …

Biodegradable microrobots and their biomedical applications: A review

J Li, J Yu - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
During recent years, microrobots have drawn extensive attention owing to their good
controllability and great potential in biomedicine. Powered by external physical fields or …

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 …