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 …

Mobile microrobots for bioengineering applications

H Ceylan, J Giltinan, K Kozielski, M Sitti - Lab on a Chip, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Untethered micron-scale mobile robots can navigate and non-invasively perform specific
tasks inside unprecedented and hard-to-reach inner human body sites and inside enclosed …

Ultrafast directional Janus Pt–mesoporous silica nanomotors for smart drug delivery

P Díez, E Lucena-Sánchez, A Escudero… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Development of bioinspired nanomachines with an efficient propulsion and cargo-towing
has attracted much attention in the last years due to their potential biosensing, diagnostics …

Non‐equilibrium assembly of light‐activated colloidal mixtures

DP Singh, U Choudhury, P Fischer… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The collective phenomena exhibited by artificial active matter systems present novel routes
to fabricating out‐of‐equilibrium microscale assemblies. Here, the crystallization of passive …

Progress toward catalytic micro‐and nanomotors for biomedical and environmental applications

M Safdar, SU Khan, J Jänis - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Synthetic micro‐and nanomotors (MNMs) are tiny objects that can autonomously move
under the influence of an appropriate source of energy, such as a chemical fuel, magnetic …

Enzyme-powered micro-and nano-motors: key parameters for an application-oriented design

X Arqué, T Patiño, S Sánchez - Chemical Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Nature has inspired the creation of artificial micro-and nanomotors that self-propel
converting chemical energy into mechanical action. These tiny machines have appeared as …

Influence of enzyme quantity and distribution on the self-propulsion of non-Janus urease-powered micromotors

T Patiño, N Feiner-Gracia, X Arqué… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The use of enzyme catalysis to power micro-and nanomachines offers unique features such
as biocompatibility, versatility, and fuel bioavailability. Yet, the key parameters underlying …

One-pot synthesis of Au-Cu2O/rGO nanocomposite based electrochemical sensor for selective and simultaneous detection of dopamine and uric acid

TK Aparna, R Sivasubramanian, MA Dar - Journal of Alloys and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract A Au-Cu 2 O/rGO nanocomposite based electrochemical sensor for selective and
simultaneous detection of dopamine and uric acid was developed. The nanocomposite was …

Nano/microplastics capture and degradation by autonomous nano/microrobots: a perspective

M Urso, M Pumera - Advanced Functional Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The growing use of plastic materials has led to the continuous accumulation of wastes in
marine environments, which fragment into hazardous micro‐and nanoplastics. These plastic …

Enhanced diffusion of glucose-fueled Janus particles

P Schattling, B Thingholm, B Stadler - Chemistry of Materials, 2015 - ACS Publications
The search for biocompatible fuels to induce autonomous motion in particles is a long-
standing challenge in the field of nanorobotics. Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is the most …