Trends in micro‐/nanorobotics: materials development, actuation, localization, and system integration for biomedical applications

B Wang, K Kostarelos, BJ Nelson… - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Micro‐/nanorobots (m‐bots) have attracted significant interest due to their suitability
for applications in biomedical engineering and environmental remediation. Particularly, their …

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 …

3D printing of functional microrobots

J Li, M Pumera - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
3D printing (also called “additive manufacturing” or “rapid prototyping”) is able to translate
computer-aided and designed virtual 3D models into 3D tangible constructs/objects through …

Light-driven micro/nanomotors: from fundamentals to applications

L Xu, F Mou, H Gong, M Luo, J Guan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Light, as an external stimulus, is capable of driving the motion of micro/nanomotors (MNMs)
with the advantages of reversible, wireless and remote manoeuvre on demand with …

Photocatalytic TiO2 Micromotors for Removal of Microplastics and Suspended Matter

L Wang, A Kaeppler, D Fischer… - ACS applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Environmental contamination is a major global challenge, and the effects of contamination
are found in most habitats. In recent times, the pollution by microplastics has come to the …

Intelligent Micro‐/Nanorobots for Cancer Theragnostic

J Wang, Y Dong, P Ma, Y Wang, F Zhang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer is one of the most intractable diseases owing to its high mortality rate and lack of
effective diagnostic and treatment tools. Advancements in micro‐/nanorobot (MNR)‐assisted …

Light-driven micro/nanomotor for promising biomedical tools: principle, challenge, and prospect

J Wang, Z Xiong, J Zheng, X Zhan… - Accounts of chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conspectus A micro/nanomotor (MNM), as miniaturized machinery, can potentially bridge
the application gap between the traditional macroscale motor and the molecular motor to …

Recent advances in scalable synthesis and performance of Janus polymer/inorganic nanocomposites

Y Liu, J Wang, Y Shao, R Deng, J Zhu… - Progress in Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Janus nanomaterials composed of two compartments with dissimilar compositions and/or
functionalities have garnered considerable interest over the past several decades owing to …

Micromotors for environmental applications: a review

B Jurado-Sánchez, J Wang - Environmental Science: Nano, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-propelled micromotors represent a new paradigm in the environmental field, greatly
enhancing the efficiency of traditional operations due to the actively moving matter …

Small‐scale machines driven by external power sources

XZ Chen, B Jang, D Ahmed, C Hu… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Micro‐and nanorobots have shown great potential for applications in various fields,
including minimally invasive surgery, targeted therapy, cell manipulation, environmental …