3D-printed microrobots from design to translation

SR Dabbagh, MR Sarabi, MT Birtek, S Seyfi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Microrobots have attracted the attention of scientists owing to their unique features to
accomplish tasks in hard-to-reach sites in the human body. Microrobots can be precisely …

Controlled propulsion of micro/nanomotors: operational mechanisms, motion manipulation and potential biomedical applications

T Liu, L Xie, CAH Price, J Liu, Q He… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Inspired by natural mobile microorganisms, researchers have developed micro/nanomotors
(MNMs) that can autonomously move by transducing different kinds of energies into kinetic …

Medical micro/nanorobots in precision medicine

F Soto, J Wang, R Ahmed, U Demirci - Advanced science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in medical robots promise to improve modern medicine and the quality of life.
Miniaturization of these robotic platforms has led to numerous applications that leverages …

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 …

Advances of medical nanorobots for future cancer treatments

X Kong, P Gao, J Wang, Y Fang, KC Hwang - Journal of Hematology & …, 2023 - Springer
Early detection and diagnosis of many cancers is very challenging. Late stage detection of a
cancer always leads to high mortality rates. It is imperative to develop novel and more …

Recent advances in carbon nanomaterial-based adsorbents for water purification

R Gusain, N Kumar, SS Ray - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Deterioration of water quality and the unavailability of drinkable water are pressing
challenges worldwide. Removal of toxic organic and inorganic pollutants from water is …

Medical micro/nanorobots in complex media

Z Wu, Y Chen, D Mukasa, OS Pak, W Gao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Medical micro/nanorobots have received tremendous attention over the past decades owing
to their potential to be navigated into hard-to-reach tissues for a number of biomedical …

High shear rate propulsion of acoustic microrobots in complex biological fluids

A Aghakhani, A Pena-Francesch, U Bozuyuk… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Untethered microrobots offer a great promise for localized targeted therapy in hard-to-
access spaces in our body. Despite recent advancements, most microrobot propulsion …

Micro/nanorobots for biomedicine: Delivery, surgery, sensing, and detoxification

J Li, B Esteban-Fernández de Ávila, W Gao, L Zhang… - Science robotics, 2017 - science.org
Micro-and nanoscale robots that can effectively convert diverse energy sources into
movement and force represent a rapidly emerging and fascinating robotics research area …

Two‐dimensional nanostructured materials for gas sensing

X Liu, T Ma, N Pinna, J Zhang - Advanced Functional Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Two‐dimensional (2D) nanostructures are highly attractive for fabricating nanodevices due
to their high surface‐to‐volume ratio and good compatibility with device design. In recent …