A Review of Fast Bubble-Driven Micromotors Powered by Biocompatible Fuel: Low-Concentration Fuel, Bioactive Fluid and Enzyme

Erythrocyte Membrane Modified Janus Polymeric Motors for Thrombus Therapy

(2018) Jingxin Shao et al.   ACS Nano

Micro-/Nanorobots at Work in Active Drug Delivery

(2018) Ming Luo et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

High-Throughput Design of Biocompatible Enzyme-Based Hydrogel Microparticles with Autonomous Movement

(2018) Shauni Keller et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Pt-Free microengines at extremely low peroxide levels

(2018) Heng Ye et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Micromotors for “Chemistry-on-the-Fly”

(2018) Emil Karshalev et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Self-Propelled Micro/Nanoparticle Motors

(2018) Maria Guix et al.   PARTICLE & PARTICLE SYSTEMS CHARACTERIZATION

Magnesium-Based Micromotors: Water-Powered Propulsion, Multifunctionality, and Biomedical and Environmental Applications

(2018) Chuanrui Chen et al.   Small

Tubular Micro/Nanomotors: Propulsion Mechanisms, Fabrication Techniques and Applications

(2018) Fengjun Zha et al.   Micromachines

Metal–Organic Frameworks as Micromotors with Tunable Engines and Brakes

(2017) Jinxing Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

On the peculiar bubble formation, growth, and collapse behaviors in catalytic micro-motor systems

(2017) Fengchang Yang et al.   Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Chitosan-based water-propelled micromotors with strong antibacterial activity

(2017) Jorge A. M. Delezuk et al.   Nanoscale

Bio-catalytic mesoporous Janus nano-motors powered by catalase enzyme

(2017) Xing Ma et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Micromotor-enabled active drug delivery for in vivo treatment of stomach infection

(2017) Berta Esteban-Fernández de Ávila et al.   Nature Communications

Gastric acid suppression promotes alcoholic liver disease by inducing overgrowth of intestinal Enterococcus

(2017) Cristina Llorente et al.   Nature Communications

Transportation and release of Janus micromotors by two-stage rocket hydrogel

(2017) Yuling Liang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

A Viscosity-Based Model for Bubble-Propelled Catalytic Micromotors

(2017) Zhen Wang et al.   Micromachines

How to Make a Fast, Efficient Bubble-Driven Micromotor: A Mechanical View

(2017) Lisheng Liu et al.   Micromachines

Ultrafast Nanocrystals Decorated Micromotors for On-Site Dynamic Chemical Processes

(2016) B. Jurado-Sánchez et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Enteric Micromotor Can Selectively Position and Spontaneously Propel in the Gastrointestinal Tract

(2016) Jinxing Li et al.   ACS Nano

Acoustically Propelled Nanomotors for Intracellular siRNA Delivery

(2016) Berta Esteban-Fernández de Ávila et al.   ACS Nano

Dynamic Loading and Unloading of Proteins in Polymeric Stomatocytes: Formation of an Enzyme-Loaded Supramolecular Nanomotor

(2016) Loai K. E. A. Abdelmohsen et al.   ACS Nano

Enzyme Catalysis To Power Micro/Nanomachines

(2016) Xing Ma et al.   ACS Nano

The Emerging Hallmarks of Cancer Metabolism

(2016) Natalya N. Pavlova et al.   Cell Metabolism

LDHA-Associated Lactic Acid Production Blunts Tumor Immunosurveillance by T and NK Cells

(2016) Almut Brand et al.   Cell Metabolism

Nanomotors responsive to nerve-agent vapor plumes

(2016) Virendra V. Singh et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Carbon Allotrope Nanomaterials Based Catalytic Micromotors

(2016) R. Maria-Hormigos et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Effects of heat-treatment on surface morphologies, mechanical properties of nanofibrous poly(propylene carbonate) biocomposites and its cell culture

(2016) Ji-young Park et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS

Programmed Transport and Release of Cells by Self-Propelled Micromotors

(2016) Yoshitaka Yoshizumi et al.   LANGMUIR

Light-controlled propulsion, aggregation and separation of water-fuelled TiO2/Pt Janus submicromotors and their “on-the-fly” photocatalytic activities

(2016) Fangzhi Mou et al.   Nanoscale

Atomic Layer Deposition of Pt Nanoparticles for Microengine with Promoted Catalytic Motion

(2016) Chi Jiang et al.   Nanoscale Research Letters

Magneto-aerotactic bacteria deliver drug-containing nanoliposomes to tumour hypoxic regions

(2016) Ouajdi Felfoul et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Graphene-based Janus micromotors for the dynamic removal of pollutants

(2016) Jahir Orozco et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Influence of Asymmetry and Driving Forces on the Propulsion of Bubble-Propelled Catalytic Micromotors

(2016) Masayuki Hayakawa et al.   Micromachines

Atomic Layer Deposition of Pt Nanoparticles for Microengine with Promoted Catalytic Motion

(2016) Chi Jiang et al.   Nanoscale Research Letters

Self-propelled chelation platforms for efficient removal of toxic metals

(2016) D. A. Uygun et al.   Environmental Science-Nano

Carbonate-based Janus micromotors moving in ultra-light acidic environment generated by HeLa cells in situ

(2016) Maria Guix et al.   Scientific Reports

Artificial Micromotors in the Mouse’s Stomach: A Step toward in Vivo Use of Synthetic Motors

(2015) Wei Gao et al.   ACS Nano

Water-Powered Cell-Mimicking Janus Micromotor

(2015) Zhiguang Wu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Recent Progress in Cobalt-Based Heterogeneous Catalysts for Electrochemical Water Splitting

(2015) Jiahai Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Surface roughness-induced speed increase for active Janus micromotors

(2015) Udit Choudhury et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Enhanced Diffusion of Glucose-Fueled Janus Particles

(2015) Philipp Schattling et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Influence of pH on the Motion of Catalytic Janus Particles and Tubular Bubble-Propelled Micromotors

(2015) James Guo Sheng Moo et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Enhanced Hydrogen Generation Properties of MgH2-Based Hydrides by Breaking the Magnesium Hydroxide Passivation Layer

(2015) Liuzhang Ouyang et al.   Energies

Effect of Catalyst Distribution on Spherical Bubble Swimmer Trajectories

(2015) David A. Gregory et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Self-Propelled Nano/Micromotors with a Chemical Reaction: Underlying Physics and Strategies of Motion Control

(2015) Daigo Yamamoto et al.   KONA Powder and Particle Journal

In vitro degradation and cell response of calcium carbonate composite ceramic in comparison with other synthetic bone substitute materials

(2015) Fupo He et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

Micromotors Powered by Enzyme Catalysis

(2015) Krishna K. Dey et al.   NANO LETTERS

Wastewater Mediated Activation of Micromotors for Efficient Water Cleaning

(2015) Sarvesh Kumar Srivastava et al.   NANO LETTERS

Enzyme-Powered Hollow Mesoporous Janus Nanomotors

(2015) Xing Ma et al.   NANO LETTERS

Nano/micromotors for security/defense applications. A review

(2015) Virendra V. Singh et al.   Nanoscale

Enhanced active motion of Janus colloids at the water surface

(2015) Xiaolu Wang et al.   Soft Matter

Chronic acidosis in the tumour microenvironment selects for overexpression of LAMP2 in the plasma membrane

(2015) Mehdi Damaghi et al.   Nature Communications

Self-propelled particles that transport cargo through flowing blood and halt hemorrhage

(2015) J. R. Baylis et al.   Science Advances

Platinum-Paper Micromotors: An Urchin-like Nanohybrid Catalyst for Green Monopropellant Bubble-Thrusters

(2014) Jonathan C. Claussen et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Autonomous Motion and Temperature-Controlled Drug Delivery of Mg/Pt-Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Janus Micromotors Driven by Simulated Body Fluid and Blood Plasma

(2014) Fangzhi Mou et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Biodegradable Protein-Based Rockets for Drug Transportation and Light-Triggered Release

(2014) Zhiguang Wu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Water-Driven Micromotors for Rapid Photocatalytic Degradation of Biological and Chemical Warfare Agents

(2014) Jinxing Li et al.   ACS Nano

Nano/Micromotors in (Bio)chemical Science Applications

(2014) Maria Guix et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Earth-abundant cocatalysts for semiconductor-based photocatalytic water splitting

(2014) Jingrun Ran et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Electrokinetic effects in catalytic platinum-insulator Janus swimmers

(2014) S. Ebbens et al.   EPL

Crucial Role of Surfactants in Bubble-Propelled Microengines

(2014) Hong Wang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Catalytic Iridium-Based Janus Micromotors Powered by Ultralow Levels of Chemical Fuels

(2014) Wei Gao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Beyond Platinum: Bubble-Propelled Micromotors Based on Ag and MnO2 Catalysts

(2014) Hong Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Selecting the Swimming Mechanisms of Colloidal Particles: Bubble Propulsion versus Self-Diffusiophoresis

(2014) Sijia Wang et al.   LANGMUIR

Geometric asymmetry driven Janus micromotors

(2014) Guanjia Zhao et al.   Nanoscale

ATP-Stabilized Amorphous Calcium Carbonate Nanospheres and Their Application in Protein Adsorption

(2014) Chao Qi et al.   Small

Self-Propelled Activated Carbon Janus Micromotors for Efficient Water Purification

(2014) Beatriz Jurado-Sánchez et al.   Small

Hierarchical nanoporous microtubes for high-speed catalytic microengines

(2014) Jinxing Li et al.   NPG Asia Materials

Dual-enzyme natural motors incorporating decontamination and propulsion capabilities

(2014) Sirilak Sattayasamitsathit et al.   RSC Advances

Dry-Released Nanotubes and Nanoengines by Particle-Assisted Rolling

(2013) Jinxing Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Self-Propelled Micromotors Driven by the Magnesium-Water Reaction and Their Hemolytic Properties

(2013) Fangzhi Mou et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Modification with hemeproteins increases the diffusive movement of nanorods in dilute hydrogen peroxide solutions

(2013) Ada-Ioana Bunea et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Catalytic Nanoshell Micromotors

(2013) Weijie Huang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Bubble-Propelled Microjets: Model and Experiment

(2013) Manoj Manjare et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Nonlinear Elasticity: From Single Chain to Networks and Gels

(2013) Jan-Michael Y. Carrillo et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Autonomous Movement of Controllable Assembled Janus Capsule Motors

(2012) Yingjie Wu et al.   ACS Nano

Water-Driven Micromotors

(2012) Wei Gao et al.   ACS Nano

Self-Propelled Nanotools

(2012) Alexander A. Solovev et al.   ACS Nano

Artificial Enzyme-Powered Microfish for Water-Quality Testing

(2012) Jahir Orozco et al.   ACS Nano

Crawling of a driven adherent membrane

(2012) A. Baumgaertner   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Self-propelled nanojets via template electrodeposition

(2012) Guanjia Zhao et al.   Nanoscale

Autonomous movement of platinum-loaded stomatocytes

(2012) Daniela A. Wilson et al.   Nature Chemistry

Size dependence of the propulsion velocity for catalytic Janus-sphere swimmers

(2012) Stephen Ebbens et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Bubble Driven Quasioscillatory Translational Motion of Catalytic Micromotors

(2012) Manoj Manjare et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Multi-Fuel Driven Janus Micromotors

(2012) Wei Gao et al.   Small

Asymmetric Hybrid Silica Nanomotors for Capture and Cargo Transport: Towards a Novel Motion-Based DNA Sensor

(2012) Juliane Simmchen et al.   Small

Catalytically propelled micro-/nanomotors: how fast can they move?

(2011) Wei Gao et al.   CHEMICAL RECORD

Highly Efficient Catalytic Microengines: Template Electrosynthesis of Polyaniline/Platinum Microtubes

(2011) Wei Gao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Hydrogen-Bubble-Propelled Zinc-Based Microrockets in Strongly Acidic Media

(2011) Wei Gao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Superfast Motion of Catalytic Microjet Engines at Physiological Temperature

(2011) Samuel Sanchez et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Dynamics of catalytic tubular microjet engines: Dependence on geometry and chemical environment

(2011) Jinxing Li et al.   Nanoscale

Template-Assisted Fabrication of Salt-Independent Catalytic Tubular Microengines

(2010) Kalayil Manian Manesh et al.   ACS Nano

Magnetic Control of Tubular Catalytic Microbots for the Transport, Assembly, and Delivery of Micro-objects

(2010) Alexander A. Solovev et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Dynamics of Biocatalytic Microengines Mediated by Variable Friction Control

(2010) Samuel Sanchez et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Autonomously motile catalytic nanomotors by bubble propulsion

(2009) J. G. Gibbs et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Recent progress in tumor pH targeting nanotechnology

(2008) Eun Seong Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE