Gold nanostructures: synthesis, properties, and neurological applications

I Zare, MT Yaraki, G Speranza, AH Najafabadi… - Chemical society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent advances in technology are expected to increase our current understanding of
neuroscience. Nanotechnology and nanomaterials can alter and control neural functionality …

Recent developments in the photodetector applications of Schottky diodes based on 2D materials

B Ezhilmaran, A Patra, S Benny… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, 2D layered materials have emerged as potential candidates in the opto-
electronic field due to their intriguing optical, electrical and mechanical properties …

Sperm micromotors for cargo delivery through flowing blood

H Xu, M Medina-Sánchez, MF Maitz, C Werner… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Micromotors are recognized as promising candidates for untethered micromanipulation and
targeted cargo delivery in complex biological environments. However, their feasibility in the …

Multifunctional 4D‐Printed Sperm‐Hybrid Microcarriers for Assisted Reproduction

F Rajabasadi, S Moreno, K Fichna, A Aziz… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Remotely controllable microrobots are appealing for various biomedical in vivo applications.
In particular, in recent years, our group has focused on developing sperm‐microcarriers to …

Microfluidics for sperm analysis and selection

R Nosrati, PJ Graham, B Zhang, J Riordon… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Infertility is a growing global health issue with far-reaching socioeconomic implications. A
downward trend in male fertility highlights the acute need for affordable and accessible …

Novel techniques of sperm selection for improving IVF and ICSI outcomes

I Oseguera-López, S Ruiz-Díaz… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Almost 50% of the infertility cases are due to male factors. Assisted reproductive
technologies (ARTs) allow to overcome the incapacity of these patients' spermatozoa to …

Rheotaxis of bimetallic micromotors driven by chemical–acoustic hybrid power

L Ren, D Zhou, Z Mao, P Xu, TJ Huang, TE Mallouk - ACS nano, 2017 - ACS Publications
Rheotaxis is a common phenomenon in nature that refers to the directed movement of micro-
organisms as a result of shear flow. The ability to mimic natural rheotaxis using synthetic …

Roads to smart artificial microswimmers

ACH Tsang, E Demir, Y Ding… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Artificial microswimmers offer exciting opportunities for biomedical applications. The goal of
these synthetics is to swim like natural micro‐organisms through biological environments …

Sperm‐driven micromotors moving in oviduct fluid and viscoelastic media

F Striggow, M Medina‐Sánchez, GK Auernhammer… - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Biohybrid micromotors propelled by motile cells are fascinating entities for autonomous
biomedical operations on the microscale. Their operation under physiological conditions …

Spermatozoa as functional components of robotic microswimmers

V Magdanz, M Medina‐Sánchez, L Schwarz… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, the combination of synthetic micro‐and nanomaterials with spermatozoa as
functional components has led to the development of tubular and helical spermbots …