Light‐powered microrobots: challenges and opportunities for hard and soft responsive microswimmers

AI Bunea, D Martella, S Nocentini… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Worldwide research in microrobotics has exploded in the past two decades, leading to the
development of microrobots propelled in various manners. Despite significant advances in …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in microswimmers for biomedical applications

AI Bunea, R Taboryski - Micromachines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Microswimmers are a rapidly developing research area attracting enormous attention
because of their many potential applications with high societal value. A particularly …

[HTML][HTML] Micro 3D printing by two-photon polymerization: configurations and parameters for the nanoscribe system

AI Bunea, N del Castillo Iniesta, A Droumpali… - Micro, 2021 - mdpi.com
3D printing by two-photon polymerization enables the fabrication of microstructures with
complex shapes and critical dimensions of a few hundreds of nanometers. On state-of-the …

[HTML][HTML] Round-robin testing of commercial two-photon polymerization 3D printers

F Cantoni, D Maher, E Bosler, S Kühne, L Barbe… - Additive …, 2023 - Elsevier
Since its introduction in the 1980s, 3D printing has advanced as a versatile and reliable tool
with applications in different fields. Among the available 3D printing techniques, two-photon …

Strategies for optical trapping in biological samples: Aiming at microrobotic surgeons

AI Bunea, J Glückstad - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Optical trapping and manipulation of objects down to the Ångstrom level has revolutionized
research at the smallest scales in all natural sciences. The flexibility of optical trapping …

Biomedical applications of three‐dimensional bioprinted craniofacial tissue engineering

NB Charbe, M Tambuwala… - Bioengineering & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Anatomical complications of the craniofacial regions often present considerable challenges
to the surgical repair or replacement of the damaged tissues. Surgical repair has its own set …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced medical micro-robotics for early diagnosis and therapeutic interventions

D Zhang, TE Gorochowski, L Marucci… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Recent technological advances in micro-robotics have demonstrated their immense
potential for biomedical applications. Emerging micro-robots have versatile sensing …

Light-powered microrobots: recent progress and future challenges

W Yang, X Wang, Z Wang, W Liang, Z Ge - Optics and Lasers in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Light is a renewable and powerful energy source that is usually used to transmit energy and
information. Microrobots driven by light with the advantages of programmable, wireless, and …

[HTML][HTML] Light-controlled microbots in biomedical application: a review

MF Jamil, M Pokharel, K Park - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The advancement of micro-robotics in recent years has permitted a vast field of active
research and application in the biomedical sector. Latest developments in microrobotics …

Fabrication and optical manipulation of micro-robots for biomedical applications

D Zhang, Y Ren, A Barbot, F Seichepine, B Lo, ZC Ma… - Matter, 2022 - cell.com
Optical manipulation is a technology that enables accurate manipulation of micro-robots in
fluidic environment. Optical micro-robots, which can be used as micro-tools to perform …