Coexisting Cooperative Cognitive Micro‐/Nanorobots

Helical micromotor operating under stationary DC electrostatic field

(2019) Daigo Yamamoto et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Real-time tracking of fluorescent magnetic spore–based microrobots for remote detection of C. diff toxins

(2019) Yabin Zhang et al.   Science Advances

Metal-Oxide-Based Microjets for the Simultaneous Removal of Organic Pollutants and Heavy Metals

(2018) Katherine Villa et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Magnetically Actuated Peanut Colloid Motors for Cell Manipulation and Patterning

(2018) Zhihua Lin et al.   ACS Nano

Flexible Guidance of Microengines by Dynamic Topographical Pathways in Ferrofluids

(2018) Fan Yang et al.   ACS Nano

Janus Microdimer Surface Walkers Propelled by Oscillating Magnetic Fields

(2018) Tianlong Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Micro- and Nanomotors as Active Environmental Microcleaners and Sensors

(2018) Jemish Parmar et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Autonomous Magnetic Microrobots by Navigating Gates for Multiple Biomolecules Delivery

(2018) Xinghao Hu et al.   Small

Light-Ultrasound Driven Collective “Firework” Behavior of Nanomotors

(2018) Dekai Zhou et al.   Advanced Science

Photocatalytic Micro/Nanomotors: From Construction to Applications

(2018) Renfeng Dong et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Powering Motion with Enzymes

(2018) Xi Zhao et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Ultra-extensible ribbon-like magnetic microswarm

(2018) Jiangfan Yu et al.   Nature Communications

Intelligent Micro/nanomotors with Taxis

(2018) Ming You et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Visible-Light-Driven BiOI-Based Janus Micromotor in Pure Water

(2017) Renfeng Dong et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Highly Efficient Freestyle Magnetic Nanoswimmer

(2017) Tianlong Li et al.   NANO LETTERS

Functional horizontal gene transfer from bacteria to eukaryotes

(2017) Filip Husnik et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

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

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

Orthogonal navigation of multiple visible-light-driven artificial microswimmers

(2017) Jing Zheng et al.   Nature Communications

Motion-Based pH Sensing Based on the Cartridge-Case-like Micromotor

(2016) Yajun Su et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Reusable and Long-Lasting Active Microcleaners for Heterogeneous Water Remediation

(2016) Jemish Parmar et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Light-Steered Isotropic Semiconductor Micromotors

(2016) Chuanrui Chen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Acoustofluidic actuation of in situ fabricated microrotors

(2016) Murat Kaynak et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Graphene-Based Microbots for Toxic Heavy Metal Removal and Recovery from Water

(2016) Diana Vilela et al.   NANO LETTERS

Swimming Microrobot Optical Nanoscopy

(2016) Jinxing Li et al.   NANO LETTERS

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

Holograms for acoustics

(2016) Kai Melde et al.   NATURE

Self-propelled supramolecular nanomotors with temperature-responsive speed regulation

(2016) Yingfeng Tu et al.   Nature Chemistry

Programmable artificial phototactic microswimmer

(2016) Baohu Dai et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Highly Acid-Resistant, Magnetically Steerable Acoustic Micromotors Prepared by Coating Gold Microrods with Fe3O4Nanoparticles via pH Adjustment

(2016) Zeheng Li et al.   PARTICLE & PARTICLE SYSTEMS CHARACTERIZATION

Bimetallic Microswimmers Speed Up in Confining Channels

(2016) Chang Liu et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Magnetically Propelled Fish-Like Nanoswimmers

(2016) Tianlong Li et al.   Small

Stem Cell Membrane-Coated Nanogels for Highly Efficient In Vivo Tumor Targeted Drug Delivery

(2016) Changyong Gao et al.   Small

Catalytically driven assembly of trisegmented metallic nanorods and polystyrene tracer particles

(2016) Erik L. Jewell et al.   Soft Matter

Topographical pathways guide chemical microswimmers

(2016) Juliane Simmchen et al.   Nature Communications

Surface-enabled propulsion and control of colloidal microwheels

(2016) T. O. Tasci et al.   Nature Communications

Acoustic trapping of active matter

(2016) Sho C. Takatori et al.   Nature Communications

Self-propelled chelation platforms for efficient removal of toxic metals

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

Aptamer-Modified Graphene-Based Catalytic Micromotors: Off–On Fluorescent Detection of Ricin

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

Micro-motors: A motile bacteria based system for liposome cargo transport

(2016) Navneet Dogra et al.   Scientific Reports

Silicon-Based Chemical Motors: An Efficient Pump for Triggering and Guiding Fluid Motion Using Visible Light

(2015) Maria J. Esplandiu et al.   ACS Nano

Highly Efficient Light-Driven TiO2–Au Janus Micromotors

(2015) Renfeng Dong et al.   ACS Nano

Controlled In Vivo Swimming of a Swarm of Bacteria-Like Microrobotic Flagella

(2015) Ania Servant et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Synthetic Nano- and Micromachines in Analytical Chemistry: Sensing, Migration, Capture, Delivery, and Separation

(2015) Wentao Duan et al.   Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry

Lighting up micromotors with quantum dots for smart chemical sensing

(2015) B. Jurado-Sánchez et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Fabrication of Micro/Nanoscale Motors

(2015) Hong Wang et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Mimicking the Cell: Bio-Inspired Functions of Supramolecular Assemblies

(2015) Yingfeng Tu et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Zirconia/Graphene Oxide Hybrid Micromotors for Selective Capture of Nerve Agents

(2015) Virendra V. Singh et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Reversible Swarming and Separation of Self-Propelled Chemically Powered Nanomotors under Acoustic Fields

(2015) Tailin Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Catalytic Mesoporous Janus Nanomotors for Active Cargo Delivery

(2015) Xing Ma et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Cellular Cargo Delivery: Toward Assisted Fertilization by Sperm-Carrying Micromotors

(2015) Mariana Medina-Sánchez et al.   NANO LETTERS

Magneto–Acoustic Hybrid Nanomotor

(2015) Jinxing Li et al.   NANO LETTERS

Wastewater Mediated Activation of Micromotors for Efficient Water Cleaning

(2015) Sarvesh Kumar Srivastava et al.   NANO LETTERS

Undulatory Locomotion of Magnetic Multilink Nanoswimmers

(2015) Bumjin Jang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Self-Propelled Nanomotors Autonomously Seek and Repair Cracks

(2015) Jinxing Li et al.   NANO LETTERS

Enzyme-Powered Hollow Mesoporous Janus Nanomotors

(2015) Xing Ma et al.   NANO LETTERS

Superfast Near-Infrared Light-Driven Polymer Multilayer Rockets

(2015) Zhiguang Wu et al.   Small

Self-Assembly of Micromachining Systems Powered by Janus Micromotors

(2015) Claudio Maggi et al.   Small

Vapor-Driven Propulsion of Catalytic Micromotors

(2015) Renfeng Dong et al.   Scientific Reports

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

Self-Assembly of Nanorod Motors into Geometrically Regular Multimers and Their Propulsion by Ultrasound

(2014) Suzanne Ahmed et al.   ACS Nano

Electric-Driven Rotation of Silicon Nanowires and Silicon Nanowire Motors

(2014) Xiaobin Xu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Acoustic Propulsion of Nanorod Motors Inside Living Cells

(2014) Wei Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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

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

Ultrasound-Modulated Bubble Propulsion of Chemically Powered Microengines

(2014) Tailin Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Light-Assisted, Templated Self-Assembly of Gold Nanoparticle Chains

(2014) Eric Jaquay et al.   NANO LETTERS

Nanomotor lithography

(2014) Jinxing Li et al.   Nature Communications

Swimming by reciprocal motion at low Reynolds number

(2014) Tian Qiu et al.   Nature Communications

Functionalized Ultrasound-Propelled Magnetically Guided Nanomotors: Toward Practical Biomedical Applications

(2013) Victor Garcia-Gradilla et al.   ACS Nano

Self-Propelled Micromotors for Cleaning Polluted Water

(2013) Lluís Soler et al.   ACS Nano

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

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

Organized Self-Assembly of Janus Micromotors with Hydrophobic Hemispheres

(2013) Wei Gao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Transition between Collective Behaviors of Micromotors in Response to Different Stimuli

(2013) Wentao Duan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Assembly, Disassembly, and Anomalous Propulsion of Microscopic Helices

(2013) Soichiro Tottori et al.   NANO LETTERS

Seawater-driven magnesium based Janus micromotors for environmental remediation

(2013) Wei Gao et al.   Nanoscale

Catalytically powered dynamic assembly of rod-shaped nanomotors and passive tracer particles

(2013) W. Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Living Crystals of Light-Activated Colloidal Surfers

(2013) J. Palacci et al.   SCIENCE

Water-Driven Micromotors

(2012) Wei Gao et al.   ACS Nano

Catalytic Janus Motors on Microfluidic Chip: Deterministic Motion for Targeted Cargo Delivery

(2012) Larysa Baraban et al.   ACS Nano

Superhydrophobic Alkanethiol-Coated Microsubmarines for Effective Removal of Oil

(2012) Maria Guix et al.   ACS Nano

Artificial Enzyme-Powered Microfish for Water-Quality Testing

(2012) Jahir Orozco et al.   ACS Nano

Magnetic Helical Micromachines: Fabrication, Controlled Swimming, and Cargo Transport

(2012) Soichiro Tottori et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Self-Generated Diffusioosmotic Flows from Calcium Carbonate Micropumps

(2012) Joseph J. McDermott et al.   LANGMUIR

Collective behaviour of self-propelled catalytic micromotors

(2012) Alexander A. Solovev et al.   Nanoscale

Control over Janus micromotors by the strength of a magnetic field

(2012) Larysa Baraban et al.   Nanoscale

Collective motion

(2012) Tamás Vicsek et al.   PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS LETTERS

Micromachine-Enabled Capture and Isolation of Cancer Cells in Complex Media

(2011) Shankar Balasubramanian et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Rolled-up nanotech on polymers: from basic perception to self-propelled catalytic microengines

(2011) Yongfeng Mei et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

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

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

Geometrically Designing the Kinematic Behavior of Catalytic Nanomotors

(2011) J. G. Gibbs et al.   NANO LETTERS

Functionalized Micromachines for Selective and Rapid Isolation of Nucleic Acid Targets from Complex Samples

(2011) Daniel Kagan et al.   NANO LETTERS

Hybrid Nanomotor: A Catalytically/Magnetically Powered Adaptive Nanowire Swimmer

(2011) Wei Gao et al.   Small

Cargo-Towing Fuel-Free Magnetic Nanoswimmers for Targeted Drug Delivery

(2011) Wei Gao et al.   Small

Transport of cargo by catalytic Janus micro-motors

(2011) L. Baraban et al.   Soft Matter

Electric field-induced chemical locomotion of conducting objects

(2011) Gabriel Loget et al.   Nature Communications

Light-Driven Titanium-Dioxide-Based Reversible Microfireworks and Micromotor/Micropump Systems

(2010) Yiying Hong et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Nanomotor-based ‘writing’ of surface microstructures

(2010) Kalayil Manian Manesh et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Microbots Swimming in the Flowing Streams of Microfluidic Channels

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

Motion-based DNA detection using catalytic nanomotors

(2010) Jie Wu et al.   Nature Communications

Schooling Behavior of Light-Powered Autonomous Micromotors in Water

(2009) Michael Ibele et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Chemical Sensing Based on Catalytic Nanomotors: Motion-Based Detection of Trace Silver

(2009) Daniel Kagan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Characterizing the Swimming Properties of Artificial Bacterial Flagella

(2009) Li Zhang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Thermal Modulation of Nanomotor Movement

(2009) Shankar Balasubramanian et al.   Small

Synthetic Nanomotors in Microchannel Networks: Directional Microchip Motion and Controlled Manipulation of Cargo

(2008) Jared Burdick et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Colloidal micromotor in smectic A liquid crystal driven by DC electric field

(2008) Antal Jákli et al.   Soft Matter