Micro/Nano Motor Navigation and Localization via Deep Reinforcement Learning

Cargo capture and transport by colloidal swarms

(2020) Yuguang Yang et al.   Science Advances

A microrobotic system guided by photoacoustic computed tomography for targeted navigation in intestines in vivo

(2019) Zhiguang Wu et al.   Science Robotics

Zermelo’s problem: Optimal point-to-point navigation in 2D turbulent flows using reinforcement learning

(2019) L. Biferale et al.   CHAOS

A simulation algorithm for Brownian dynamics on complex curved surfaces

(2019) Yuguang Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Diffusion of rod-like nanoparticles in non-adhesive and adhesive porous polymeric gels

(2018) Jiuling Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Colloidal nanoelectronic state machines based on 2D materials for aerosolizable electronics

(2018) Volodymyr B. Koman et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

The physics of cooperative transport in groups of ants

(2018) Ofer Feinerman et al.   Nature Physics

Theory for controlling individual self-propelled micro-swimmers by photon nudging I: directed transport

(2018) Markus Selmke et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Theory for controlling individual self-propelled micro-swimmers by photon nudging II: confinement

(2018) Markus Selmke et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Shape-directed dynamics of active colloids powered by induced-charge electrophoresis

(2018) Allan M. Brooks et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Rapid transport of deformation-tuned nanoparticles across biological hydrogels and cellular barriers

(2018) Miaorong Yu et al.   Nature Communications

Bi-stability in cooperative transport by ants in the presence of obstacles

(2018) Jonathan E. Ron et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Bioinspired microrobots

(2018) Stefano Palagi et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Catalytic Janus Colloids: Controlling Trajectories of Chemical Microswimmers

(2018) Stephen J. Ebbens et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Optimal Navigation of Self-Propelled Colloids

(2018) Yuguang Yang et al.   ACS Nano

Interfacial colloidal rod dynamics: Coefficients, simulations, and analysis

(2017) Yuguang Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Interfacial and Confined Colloidal Rod Diffusion

(2017) Julie L. Bitter et al.   LANGMUIR

Optimal run-and-tumble–based transportation of a Janus particle with active steering

(2017) Tomoyuki Mano et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Rocket Science at the Nanoscale

(2016) Jinxing Li et al.   ACS Nano

Optimal Feedback Controlled Assembly of Perfect Crystals

(2016) Xun Tang et al.   ACS Nano

Dynamic colloidal assembly pathways via low dimensional models

(2016) Yuguang Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Magnetic Propulsion of Microswimmers with DNA-Based Flagellar Bundles

(2016) Alexander M. Maier et al.   NANO LETTERS

Mastering the game of Go with deep neural networks and tree search

(2016) David Silver et al.   NATURE

Using active colloids as machines to weave and braid on the micrometer scale

(2016) Carl P. Goodrich et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Active Particles in Complex and Crowded Environments

(2016) Clemens Bechinger et al.   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

Controlling assembly of colloidal particles into structured objects: Basic strategy and a case study

(2015) Michael A. Bevan et al.   JOURNAL OF PROCESS CONTROL

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

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

Micromotors Powered by Enzyme Catalysis

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

Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning

(2015) Volodymyr Mnih et al.   NATURE

Deep learning

(2015) Yann LeCun et al.   NATURE

Chemically Powered Micro- and Nanomotors

(2014) Samuel Sánchez et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Nano/Micromotors in (Bio)chemical Science Applications

(2014) Maria Guix et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Conformal Cytocompatible Ferrite Coatings Facilitate the Realization of a Nanovoyager in Human Blood

(2014) Pooyath Lekshmy Venugopalan et al.   NANO LETTERS

Colloidal crystal grain boundary formation and motion

(2014) Tara D. Edwards et al.   Scientific Reports

Self-Propelled Micromotors for Cleaning Polluted Water

(2013) Lluís Soler et al.   ACS Nano

Living Crystals of Light-Activated Colloidal Surfers

(2013) J. Palacci et al.   SCIENCE

pH-Responsive On-Off Motion of a Superhydrophobic Boat: Towards the Design of a Minirobot

(2013) Meng Xiao et al.   Small

Nano/Microscale Motors: Biomedical Opportunities and Challenges

(2012) Joseph Wang et al.   ACS Nano

Powering Nanorobots

(2009) Thomas E. Mallouk et al.   SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN