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 …

Advanced near‐infrared light for monitoring and modulating the spatiotemporal dynamics of cell functions in living systems

G Chen, Y Cao, Y Tang, X Yang, Y Liu… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Light‐based technique, including optical imaging and photoregulation, has become one of
the most important tools for both fundamental research and clinical practice, such as cell …

Self-rectifying magnetoelectric metamaterials for remote neural stimulation and motor function restoration

JC Chen, G Bhave, F Alrashdan, A Dhuliyawalla… - Nature materials, 2024 - nature.com
Magnetoelectric materials convert magnetic fields into electric fields. These materials are
often used in wireless electronic and biomedical applications. For example …

Alternating magnetic field induced magnetic heating in ferromagnetic cobalt single-atom catalysts for efficient oxygen evolution reaction

X Gong, Z Jiang, W Zeng, C Hu, X Luo, W Lei… - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Alternating magnetic field (AMF) is a promising methodology for further improving magnetic
single-atom catalyst (SAC) activity toward oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Herein, the …

Intrinsic functional neuron-type selectivity of transcranial focused ultrasound neuromodulation

K Yu, X Niu, E Krook-Magnuson, B He - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS) is a promising neuromodulation technique, but its
mechanisms remain unclear. We hypothesize that if tFUS parameters exhibit distinct …

Nanotechnology enables novel modalities for neuromodulation

X Yang, E McGlynn, R Das, SP Paşca, B Cui… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Neuromodulation is of great importance both as a fundamental neuroscience research tool
for analyzing and understanding the brain function, and as a therapeutic avenue for treating …

Ultrasound-Induced Cascade Amplification in a Mechanoluminescent Nanotransducer for Enhanced Sono-Optogenetic Deep Brain Stimulation

W Wang, KW Kevin Tang, I Pyatnitskiy, X Liu, X Shi… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Remote and genetically targeted neuromodulation in the deep brain is important for
understanding and treatment of neurological diseases. Ultrasound-triggered …

Magnetic particle imaging: from Tracer Design to Biomedical Applications in vasculature abnormality

X Xie, J Zhai, X Zhou, Z Guo, PC Lo, G Zhu… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic particle imaging (MPI) is an emerging non‐invasive tomographic technique based
on the response of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) to oscillating drive fields at the center of …

[HTML][HTML] Engineering ferrite nanoparticles with enhanced magnetic response for advanced biomedical applications

Y Wang, Y Miao, G Li, M Su, X Chen, H Zhang… - Materials Today …, 2020 - Elsevier
One of the most attractive features of magnetic ferrite nanoparticles (MFNPs) in biomedical
application is that they can mediate external magnetic field to produce local magnetic field …

Modulating cell signalling in vivo with magnetic nanotransducers

G Romero, J Park, F Koehler, A Pralle… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Weak magnetic fields offer nearly lossless transmission of signals within biological tissue.
Magnetic nanomaterials are capable of transducing magnetic fields into a range of …