Materials for smart soft actuator systems

I Apsite, S Salehi, L Ionov - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
In contrast to conventional hard actuators, soft actuators offer many vivid advantages, such
as improved flexibility, adaptability, and reconfigurability, which are intrinsic to living …

3D-printed microrobots from design to translation

SR Dabbagh, MR Sarabi, MT Birtek, S Seyfi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Microrobots have attracted the attention of scientists owing to their unique features to
accomplish tasks in hard-to-reach sites in the human body. Microrobots can be precisely …

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 …

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 …

Analysis of nanoparticle delivery to tumours

S Wilhelm, AJ Tavares, Q Dai, S Ohta, J Audet… - Nature reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Targeting nanoparticles to malignant tissues for improved diagnosis and therapy is a
popular concept. However, after surveying the literature from the past 10 years, only …

Biohybrid actuators for robotics: A review of devices actuated by living cells

L Ricotti, B Trimmer, AW Feinberg, R Raman… - Science robotics, 2017 - science.org
Actuation is essential for artificial machines to interact with their surrounding environment
and to accomplish the functions for which they are designed. Over the past few decades …

Soft erythrocyte-based bacterial microswimmers for cargo delivery

Y Alapan, O Yasa, O Schauer, J Giltinan, AF Tabak… - Science robotics, 2018 - science.org
Bacteria-propelled biohybrid microswimmers have recently shown to be able to actively
transport and deliver cargos encapsulated into their synthetic constructs to specific regions …

Cell primitive-based biomimetic functional materials for enhanced cancer therapy

GF Luo, WH Chen, X Zeng, XZ Zhang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Cell primitive-based functional materials that combine the advantages of natural substances
and nanotechnology have emerged as attractive therapeutic agents for cancer therapy. Cell …

Multifunctional bacteria-driven microswimmers for targeted active drug delivery

BW Park, J Zhuang, O Yasa, M Sitti - ACS nano, 2017 - ACS Publications
High-performance, multifunctional bacteria-driven microswimmers are introduced using an
optimized design and fabrication method for targeted drug delivery applications. These …

Micro/nanofabrication, assembly, and actuation based on microorganisms: Recent advances and perspectives

D Gong, L Sun, X Li, W Zhang, D Zhang… - Small Structures, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Microorganisms become new sources for fabricating intricate micro/nano structures via
bottom‐up approaches. Produced from nature, microorganism biotemplates exhibit unique …