Directed Neural Stem Cells Differentiation via Signal Communication with Ni–Zn Micromotors

Y Feng, C Gao, D Xie, L Liu, B Chen, S Liu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Neural stem cells (NSCs), with the capability of self‐renewal, differentiation, and
environment modulation, are considered promising for stroke, brain injury therapy, and …

[HTML][HTML] Programmable microfluidic manipulations for biomedical applications

D Zhang, W Li, Y Shang, L Shang - Engineered Regeneration, 2022 - Elsevier
Fluid manipulation plays an important role in biomedical applications such as biochemical
assays, medical diagnostics, and drug development. Programmable fluidic manipulation at …

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 …

Small‐scale machines driven by external power sources

XZ Chen, B Jang, D Ahmed, C Hu… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Micro‐and nanorobots have shown great potential for applications in various fields,
including minimally invasive surgery, targeted therapy, cell manipulation, environmental …

Multi-responsive hydrogel structures from patterned droplet networks

FG Downs, DJ Lunn, MJ Booth, JB Sauer… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Responsive hydrogels that undergo controlled shape changes in response to a range of
stimuli are of interest for microscale soft robotic and biomedical devices. However, these …

[PDF][PDF] Hybrid magnetoelectric nanowires for nanorobotic applications: fabrication, magnetoelectric coupling, and magnetically assisted in vitro targeted drug delivery

XZ Chen, M Hoop, N Shamsudhin… - Advanced …, 2017 - research-collection.ethz.ch
Hybrid Magnetoelectric Nanowires for Nanorobotic Applications: Fabrication,
Magnetoelectric Coupling, and Magnetically Assisted Page 1 ETH Library Hybrid …

Magnetic helical microswimmers functionalized with lipoplexes for targeted gene delivery

F Qiu, S Fujita, R Mhanna, L Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Artificial micro‐/nanoswimmers have various potential applications including minimally
invasive diagnosis and targeted therapies, environmental sensing and monitoring, cell …

[HTML][HTML] Two decades of two-photon lithography: Materials science perspective for additive manufacturing of 2D/3D nano-microstructures

A Jaiswal, CK Rastogi, S Rani, GP Singh, S Saxena… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
Two-photon lithography (TPL) is a versatile technology for additive manufacturing of 2D and
3D micro/nanostructures with sub-wavelength resolved features. Recent advancement in …

A review of magnetic actuation systems and magnetically actuated guidewire-and catheter-based microrobots for vascular interventions

J Hwang, J Kim, H Choi - Intelligent Service Robotics, 2020 - Springer
Magnetic actuation techniques and microrobots have attracted considerable interest due to
their potential applications in biomedicine. Interventional techniques have emerged as a …

Magnetically actuated degradable microrobots for actively controlled drug release and hyperthermia therapy

J Park, C Jin, S Lee, JY Kim… - Advanced healthcare …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Microrobots facilitate targeted therapy due to their small size, minimal invasiveness, and
precise wireless control. A degradable hyperthermia microrobot (DHM) with a 3D helical …