[HTML][HTML] The shape–morphing performance of magnetoactive soft materials

AK Bastola, M Hossain - Materials & Design, 2021 - Elsevier
Magnetoactive soft materials (MSMs) are soft polymeric composites filled with magnetic
particles that are an emerging class of smart and multifunctional materials with immense …

Magnetic nanoparticles in biology and medicine: past, present, and future trends

DD Stueber, J Villanova, I Aponte, Z Xiao, VL Colvin - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The use of magnetism in medicine has changed dramatically since its first application by the
ancient Greeks in 624 BC. Now, by leveraging magnetic nanoparticles, investigators have …

Directed assembly of nanomaterials for making nanoscale devices and structures: Mechanisms and applications

Z Chai, A Childress, AA Busnaina - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanofabrication has been utilized to manufacture one-, two-, and three-dimensional
functional nanostructures for applications such as electronics, sensors, and photonic …

[HTML][HTML] 4D printing of patterned multimaterial magnetic hydrogel actuators

J Simińska-Stanny, M Nizioł… - Additive …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper demonstrates a new class of printable magnetic hydrogels that can be
successfully used for multimaterial direct ink printing (4D printing) of soft actuators. To date …

Reconfigurable magnetic soft robots with multimodal locomotion

Y Ju, R Hu, Y Xie, J Yao, X Li, Y Lv, X Han, Q Cao, L Li - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Magnetic soft robots have recently attracted increasing attention owing to their remarkable
advantages and potential applications, but the reconfigurable magnetization inside soft …

Complex free-space magnetic field textures induced by three-dimensional magnetic nanostructures

C Donnelly, A Hierro-Rodríguez, C Abert, K Witte… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The design of complex, competing effects in magnetic systems—be it via the introduction of
nonlinear interactions,,–, or the patterning of three-dimensional geometries,—is an …

Recent advances on cell culture platforms for in vitro drug screening and cell therapies: from conventional to microfluidic strategies

BD Cardoso, EMS Castanheira… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The clinical translations of drugs and nanomedicines depend on coherent pharmaceutical
research based on biologically accurate screening approaches. Since establishing the 2D in …

Plasmonic optical tweezers for particle manipulation: principles, methods, and applications

Y Ren, Q Chen, M He, X Zhang, H Qi, Y Yan - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Inspired by the idea of combining conventional optical tweezers with plasmonic
nanostructures, a technique named plasmonic optical tweezers (POT) has been widely …

Self‐Propelled Micro‐/Nanomotors as “On‐the‐Move” Platforms: Cleaners, Sensors, and Reactors

Y Hu, W Liu, Y Sun - Advanced Functional Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Artificial micro‐/nanomotors (MNMs) are tiny apparatuses that can autonomously
navigate and perform specific tasks at micro‐/nanoscale. The continuous movement …

A magnetic soft robot with multimodal sensing capability by multimaterial direct ink writing

Z Wang, Y Wu, B Zhu, Q Chen, L Wang, Y Zhao… - Additive …, 2023 - Elsevier
The all-in-one integration of materials, structures and sensors for next-generation magnetic
soft robots is a promising avenue to interact with external surroundings. However, few …