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 …

Smart materials for microrobots

F Soto, E Karshalev, F Zhang… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Over the past 15 years, the field of microrobotics has exploded with many research groups
from around the globe contributing to numerous innovations that have led to exciting new …

Valley-dependent topological phase transition and quantum anomalous valley Hall effect in single-layer RuClBr

H Sun, SS Li, W Ji, CW Zhang - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Quantum anomalous valley Hall effect (QAVHE), which combines both the features of QAHE
and AVHE, is both fundamentally intriguing and practically appealing, but is experimentally …

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 …

Photochromism into nanosystems: towards lighting up the future nanoworld

L Wang, Q Li - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The ability to manipulate the structure and function of promising nanosystems via energy
input and external stimuli is emerging as an attractive paradigm for developing …

Two-dimensional intrinsic ferrovalley with large valley polarization

HX Cheng, J Zhou, W Ji, YN Zhang, YP Feng - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
Manipulation of the valley degree of freedom provides a novel paradigm in quantum
information technology. In this work, through first principles calculations, we demonstrate …

Photocatalytic TiO2 Micromotors for Removal of Microplastics and Suspended Matter

L Wang, A Kaeppler, D Fischer… - ACS applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Environmental contamination is a major global challenge, and the effects of contamination
are found in most habitats. In recent times, the pollution by microplastics has come to the …

Self-driven magnetorobots for recyclable and scalable micro/nanoplastic removal from nonmarine waters

W Li, C Wu, Z Xiong, C Liang, Z Li, B Liu, Q Cao… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Micro/nanoplastic (MNP) contamination in nonmarine waters has evolved into a notable
ecotoxicological threat to the global ecosystem. However, existing strategies for MNP …

Photochromism from wavelength-selective colloidal phase segregation

J Zheng, J Chen, Y Jin, Y Wen, Y Mu, C Wu, Y Wang… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Phase segregation is ubiquitously observed in immiscible mixtures, such as oil and water, in
which the mixing entropy is overcome by the segregation enthalpy,–. In monodispersed …