Smart micro-and nanorobots for water purification

M Urso, M Ussia, M Pumera - Nature Reviews Bioengineering, 2023 - nature.com
Less than 1% of Earth's freshwater reserves is accessible. Industrialization, population
growth and climate change are further exacerbating clean water shortage. Current water …

A review on modern and smart technologies for efficient waste disposal and management

AG Mukherjee, UR Wanjari, R Chakraborty… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the current scenario, the word waste management holds much importance in every
individual's life. Pollution and the generation of vast waste quantities with no proper waste …

Reconfigurable self-assembly of photocatalytic magnetic microrobots for water purification

M Urso, M Ussia, X Peng, CM Oral, M Pumera - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
The development of artificial small-scale robotic swarms with nature-mimicking collective
behaviors represents the frontier of research in robotics. While microrobot swarming under …

Micro/nanorobots for medical diagnosis and disease treatment

Y Zhang, Y Zhang, Y Han, X Gong - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Micro/nanorobots are functional devices in microns, at nanoscale, which enable efficient
propulsion through chemical reactions or external physical field, including ultrasonic, optical …

Novel magnetic polyethersulfone-polyethyleneimine-based microbeads for removal of lead ions from water: Kinetics and thermodynamics

J Shi, X Teng, Q Suo, A Mojiri… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, a novel magnetic microbead adsorbent (M− PES− PEI) was made using
magnetic iron oxide (MNPs), polyethersulfone (PES), and polyethyleneimine (PEI) to remove …

Nanoengineering of biohybrid micro/nanobots for programmed biomedical applications

S Shivalkar, P Chowdhary, T Afshan… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biohybrid micro/nanobots have emerged as an innovative resource to be employed in the
biomedical field due to their biocompatible and biodegradable properties. These are tiny …

Autonomous magnetic microbots for environmental remediation developed by organic waste derived carbon dots

S Shivalkar, PK Gautam, A Verma, K Maurya… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biodegradable precursors for micro/nanobots development are key requirements for several
sustainable applications. In this regard, we propose an innovative solution for water …

A comprehensive review on water quality monitoring devices: materials advances, current status, and future perspective

A Thakur, P Devi - Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Water quality monitoring has become more critical in recent years to ensure the availability
of clean and safe water from natural aquifers and to understand the evolution of water …

Strategies in design of self-propelling hybrid micro/nanobots for bioengineering applications

S Shivalkar, A Roy, S Chaudhary… - Biomedical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Micro/nanobots are integrated devices developed from engineered nanomaterials that have
evolved significantly over the past decades. They can potentially be pre-programmed to …

Mesoporous Ca-alginate/melamine-rich covalent organic polymer/cupric oxide-based microgel beads as heterogeneous catalyst for efficient catalytic reduction of …

S Mallakpour, E Azadi, M Dinari - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Present work focused on employing the advantages of novel porous melamine-rich covalent
organic polymer (MCOP)-nano cupric oxide (CuO)–based heterogeneous catalysts for …