Controlled propulsion of micro/nanomotors: operational mechanisms, motion manipulation and potential biomedical applications

T Liu, L Xie, CAH Price, J Liu, Q He… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Inspired by natural mobile microorganisms, researchers have developed micro/nanomotors
(MNMs) that can autonomously move by transducing different kinds of energies into kinetic …

Trends in micro‐/nanorobotics: materials development, actuation, localization, and system integration for biomedical applications

B Wang, K Kostarelos, BJ Nelson… - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Micro‐/nanorobots (m‐bots) have attracted significant interest due to their suitability
for applications in biomedical engineering and environmental remediation. Particularly, their …

Engineering microrobots for targeted cancer therapies from a medical perspective

CK Schmidt, M Medina-Sánchez… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Systemic chemotherapy remains the backbone of many cancer treatments. Due to its
untargeted nature and the severe side effects it can cause, numerous nanomedicine …

Medical micro/nanorobots in precision medicine

F Soto, J Wang, R Ahmed, U Demirci - Advanced science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in medical robots promise to improve modern medicine and the quality of life.
Miniaturization of these robotic platforms has led to numerous applications that leverages …

Copper single-atom jellyfish-like nanomotors for enhanced tumor penetration and nanocatalytic therapy

Y Xing, J Xiu, M Zhou, T Xu, M Zhang, H Li, X Li, X Du… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Single-atom catalysts with extraordinary catalytic activity have been receiving great attention
in tumor therapy. However, most single-atom catalysts lack self-propulsion properties …

Dual‐cascade responsive nanoparticles enhance pancreatic cancer therapy by eliminating tumor‐resident intracellular bacteria

X Kang, F Bu, W Feng, F Liu, X Yang, H Li… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The limited drug penetration and robust bacteria‐mediated drug inactivation in pancreatic
cancer result in the failure of chemotherapy. To fight against these issues, a dual‐cascade …

Swarming behavior and in vivo monitoring of enzymatic nanomotors within the bladder

AC Hortelao, C Simó, M Guix, S Guallar-Garrido… - Science Robotics, 2021 - science.org
Enzyme-powered nanomotors are an exciting technology for biomedical applications due to
their ability to navigate within biological environments using endogenous fuels. However …

Enzyme-powered Janus platelet cell robots for active and targeted drug delivery

S Tang, F Zhang, H Gong, F Wei, J Zhuang… - Science Robotics, 2020 - science.org
Transforming natural cells into functional biocompatible robots capable of active movement
is expected to enhance the functions of the cells and revolutionize the development of …

Fantastic voyage of nanomotors into the cell

PL Venugopalan, B Esteban-Fernández de Ávila… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Richard Feynman's 1959 vision of controlling devices at small scales and swallowing the
surgeon has inspired the science-fiction Fantastic Voyage film and has played a crucial role …

Light-driven carbon nitride microswimmers with propulsion in biological and ionic media and responsive on-demand drug delivery

V Sridhar, F Podjaski, Y Alapan, J Kröger… - Science robotics, 2022 - science.org
We propose two-dimensional poly (heptazine imide)(PHI) carbon nitride microparticles as
light-driven microswimmers in various ionic and biological media. Their high-speed (15 to …