Light-driven micro/nanomotors in biomedical applications

X Zeng, M Yang, H Liu, Z Zhang, Y Hu, J Shi, ZH Wang - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanotechnology brings hope for targeted drug delivery. However, most current drug delivery
systems used passive delivery strategies with limited therapeutic efficiency. Over the past …

Bridging the gaps in photothermal therapy through the intersection of nanotechnology and cell membrane coating

S Yang, H Pan, BP George, F Xuanjian, H Ma… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Photothermal therapy (PTT) has emerged as a revolutionary approach in the battle against
cancer, leveraging the principle of converting light energy into thermal energy to ablate …

V2C-Driven Nanodelivery Platform Potentiates Synergistic Breast Cancer Therapy

S Wu, S Du, Y Guan, Q Lin, Y Liu, R Lv… - ACS Materials …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive form of breast cancer. Conventional
therapies for TNBC are limited by several drawbacks, including poor therapeutic efficacy …

Clinically approved carbon nanoparticles for enhanced photothermal-immunotherapy toward cancer metastasis

M Zhao, Z Li, C Yu, Q Sun, K Wang, Z Xie - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
The development of new biomedical applications of approved drugs has several
advantages in drug translation. In this study, carbon nanoparticle suspension injection …

Gold Nanoparticle-Decorated Catalytic Micromotor-Based Aptassay for Rapid Electrochemical Label-Free Amyloid-β42 Oligomer Determination in Clinical Samples …

Á Gallo-Orive, M Moreno-Guzmán… - Analytical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Micromotor (MM) technology offers a valuable and smart on-the-move biosensing
microscale approach in clinical settings where sample availability is scarce in the case of …

Micro/nanomotors for neuromodulation

Y Huang, F Peng - Nanoscale, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Micro–nanomotors (MNMs) are micro/nanoscale intelligent devices with vast potential in the
fields of drug delivery, precision medicine, biosensing, and environmental remediation …

Recent advances on nanomaterials-based photothermal sensing systems

M Zhang, Z Xu, J Chen, Z Ju, Y Ma, Z Niu, Z Xu… - TrAC Trends in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Photothermal sensing exploits the photothermal effect, characterized by high precision,
rapid response, simple construction, and cost-effectiveness, and recently, it has experienced …

SCbots: Stomatocyte-like colloidosomes as versatile microrobots fabricated by one-step self-assembly

W Yin, Y Wang, H Liu, M Sun, Y Zhang, H Yuan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Building microrobots with asymmetric shapes is crucial to generate net driving forces,
whereas often suffer from complex fabrication processes and limited availability of materials …

Combined positron emission tomography‐guided modified black phosphorus nanosheet‐based photothermal therapy and anti programmed cell death protein ligand …

X Sun, S Zhang, S Jiang, J Shen, Y Wu, H Zhang… - iradiology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Patients with cold tumors gain limited benefits from immune checkpoint
blockade (ICB) therapy owing to low programmed cell death protein ligand 1 (PD‐L1) …

Iron-Reduced Graphene Oxide Core–Shell Micromotors Designed for Magnetic Guidance and Photothermal Therapy under Second Near-Infrared Light

O Donoso-González, AL Riveros, JF Marco… - Pharmaceutics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Core–shell micro/nanomotors have garnered significant interest in biomedicine owing to
their versatile task-performing capabilities. However, their effectiveness for photothermal …