Untethered small-scale machines for microrobotic manipulation: From individual and multiple to collective machines

Q Wang, J Zhang, J Yu, J Lang, Z Lyu, Y Chen… - Acs Nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Untethered small-scale machines (USSMs) that can actively adjust their motion,
deformation, and collective states in response to external stimuli have gained enormous …

Micro/nanorobotic swarms: from fundamentals to functionalities

J Law, J Yu, W Tang, Z Gong, X Wang, Y Sun - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Swarms, which stem from collective behaviors among individual elements, are commonly
seen in nature. Since two decades ago, scientists have been attempting to understand the …

Gravity-resisting colloidal collectives

J Law, H Chen, Y Wang, J Yu, Y Sun - Science Advances, 2022 - science.org
Self-assembly of dynamic colloidal structures along the vertical direction has been
challenging because of gravity and the complexity in controlling agent-agent interactions …

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 …

Untethered micro/nanorobots for remote sensing: Toward intelligent platform

Q Wang, S Yang, L Zhang - Nano-Micro Letters, 2024 - Springer
Untethered micro/nanorobots that can wirelessly control their motion and deformation state
have gained enormous interest in remote sensing applications due to their unique motion …

MOF-based magnetic microrobot swarms for pH-responsive targeted drug delivery

Q Cao, Y Zhang, Y Tang, C Wu, J Wang, D Li - Science China Chemistry, 2024 - Springer
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) hold significant potential as vehicles for drug delivery due
to their expansive specific surface area, biocompatibility, and versatile attributes …

Navigation of magnetic microrobotic swarms with maintained structural integrity in fluidic flow

J Law, X Du, W Tang, J Yu, Y Sun - IEEE/ASME Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Micro/nanorobots offer great promise in the next generation of biomedical applications. One
of the significant challenges to apply micro/nanorobots in the circulatory system is that fluidic …

Magnetic Microrobot Swarms with Polymeric Hands Catching Bacteria and Microplastics in Water

M Ussia, M Urso, CM Oral, X Peng, M Pumera - ACS nano, 2024 - ACS Publications
The forefront of micro-and nanorobot research involves the development of smart swimming
micromachines emulating the complexity of natural systems, such as the swarming and …

External power-driven micro/nanorobots: Design, fabrication, and functionalization for tumor diagnosis and therapy

M An, Y Feng, Y Liu, H Yang - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Cancer remains a significant threat to human health and life, and there are still many
challenges left to overcome with regard to its diagnosis and effective therapy …

Design and Control of the Magnetically Actuated Micro/Nanorobot Swarm toward Biomedical Applications

L Lu, H Zhao, Y Lu, Y Zhang, X Wang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, magnetically actuated micro/nanorobots hold extensive promises in biomedical
applications due to their advantages of noninvasiveness, fuel‐free operation, and …