In pursuit of propulsion at the nanoscale

SJ Ebbens, JR Howse - Soft Matter, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
This review describes recent developments in self-propelling nano-and micro-scale
swimming devices. The ability of these devices to transport nano-scale components in a …

Nanotechnology: intelligent design to treat complex disease

P Couvreur, C Vauthier - Pharmaceutical research, 2006 - Springer
The purpose of this expert review is to discuss the impact of nanotechnology in the treatment
of the major health threats including cancer, infections, metabolic diseases, autoimmune …

Direct observation of the direction of motion for spherical catalytic swimmers

SJ Ebbens, JR Howse - Langmuir, 2011 - ACS Publications
Nonconductive Janus particle swimmers made by coating fluorescent polymer beads with
hemispheres of platinum have been fully characterized using video microscopy to reveal …

Reactive Inkjet Printing of Biocompatible Enzyme Powered Silk Micro-Rockets.

DA Gregory, Y Zhang, PJ Smith, X Zhao, SJ Ebbens - Small, 2016 - eprints.whiterose.ac.uk
Inkjet-printed enzyme-powered silk-based micro-rockets are able to undergo autonomous
motion in a vast variety of fluidic environments including complex media such as human …

Active Brownian motion in a narrow channel

X Ao, PK Ghosh, Y Li, G Schmid, P Hänggi… - The European Physical …, 2014 - Springer
We review recent advances in rectification control of artificial microswimmers, also known as
Janus particles, diffusing along narrow, periodically corrugated channels. The swimmer self …

Diffusiophoretic self-propulsion of colloids driven by a surface reaction: the sub-micron particle regime for exponential and van der Waals interactions

N Sharifi-Mood, J Koplik, C Maldarelli - Physics of Fluids, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
Diffusiophoresis is a mechanism for propelling colloid particles in a liquid in which the
driving force for the motion derives from intermolecular interactions between solute …

[HTML][HTML] 3D inkjet printed self-propelled motors for micro-stirring

P Kumar, Y Zhang, SJ Ebbens, X Zhao - Journal of Colloid and Interface …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hypothesis: Microscopic self-propelled motors (SPMs) are an area of active research, but
very little investigation has been conducted on millimetre-scale or macroscopic SPMs and …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoparticles in drug delivery and cancer therapy: the giant rats tail

P Vinod, U Siddik… - Journal of Cancer …, 2011 - scirp.org
Nanotechnology has the potential to offer solutions to these current obstacles in cancer
therapies, because of its unique size and large surface-to-volume ratios. Nanoparticles may …

Experimental study of the motion of patchy particle swimmers near a wall

Z Jalilvand, AB Pawar, I Kretzschmar - Langmuir, 2018 - ACS Publications
In this work, we demonstrate our ability to precisely tailor the surface activity of self-propelled
active colloids by varying the size of the active area. The quasi two-dimensional …

[HTML][HTML] Designing a model for the internationalization of SME's in Nano-based knowledge companies

A Amini, HR Fatahi - Journal of Business Management, 2018 - jibm.ut.ac.ir
Objective: Provided that, internationalization and expansion of activities to global markets is
one of the most important breakthroughs for small and medium-sized businesses, this …