Swarming magnetic photoactive microrobots for dental implant biofilm eradication

CC Mayorga-Martinez, J Zelenka, K Klima… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Titanium dental implants are a multibillion dollar market in the United States alone. The
growth of a bacterial biofilm on a dental implant can cause gingivitis, implant loss, and …

Ultrasound-Chargeable Persistent Luminescence Nanoparticles to Generate Self-Propelled Motion and Photothermal/NO Therapy for Synergistic Tumor Treatment

Z Zhang, H Yan, W Cao, S Xie, P Ran, K Wei, X Li - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cancer phototherapy indicates advantages in ease of manipulation, negligible drug
resistance, and spatiotemporal control but is confronted with challenges in tumor cell …

3D nanofabricated soft microrobots with super-compliant picoforce springs as onboard sensors and actuators

H Xu, S Wu, Y Liu, X Wang, AK Efremov, L Wang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Microscale organisms and specialized motile cells use protein-based spring-like responsive
structures to sense, grasp and move. Rendering this biomechanical transduction …

Twin-bioengine self-adaptive micro/nanorobots using enzyme actuation and macrophage relay for gastrointestinal inflammation therapy

B Zhang, H Pan, Z Chen, T Yin, M Zheng, L Cai - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
A wide array of biocompatible micro/nanorobots are designed for targeted drug delivery and
precision therapy largely depending on their self-adaptive ability overcoming complex …

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 …

Swarming multifunctional heater–thermometer nanorobots for precise feedback hyperthermia delivery

J Liu, L Li, C Cao, Z Feng, Y Liu, H Ma, W Luo, J Guan… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Micro-/nanorobots (MNRs) are envisioned to act as “motile-targeting” platforms for
biomedical tasks due to their ability to propel and navigate in challenging, hard-to-reach …

Magnetic nanorobots as maneuverable immunoassay probes for automated and efficient enzyme linked immunosorbent assay

Y Wang, X Liu, C Chen, Y Chen, Y Li, H Ye, B Wang… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
As a typical, classical, but powerful biochemical sensing technology in analytical chemistry,
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) shows excellence and wide practicability for …

Increasingly intelligent micromachines

TY Huang, H Gu, BJ Nelson - Annual Review of Control …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Intelligent micromachines, with dimensions ranging from a few millimeters down to hundreds
of nanometers, are miniature systems capable of performing specific tasks autonomously at …

Advances and challenges of hydrogel materials for robotic and sensing applications

Y Ouyang, G Huang, J Cui, H Zhu, G Yan… - Chemistry of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels are soft materials composed of a three-dimensional (3D) hydrophilic polymer
network filled with a large amount of water. Different from rigid machines, hydrogel-based …

Plasmonic nanozymes: leveraging localized surface plasmon resonance to boost the enzyme‐mimicking activity of nanomaterials

G Xu, X Du, W Wang, Y Qu, X Liu, M Zhao, W Li, YQ Li - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nanozymes, a type of nanomaterials that function similarly to natural enzymes, receive
extensive attention in biomedical fields. However, the widespread applications of …