Self‐Propelled Micro/Nanomotors for Tumor Targeting Delivery and Therapy

Near-Infrared Light-Powered Janus Nanomotor Significantly Facilitates Inhibition of Amyloid-β Fibrillogenesis

(2020) Wei Liu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Sperm Micromotors for Cargo Delivery through Flowing Blood

(2020) Haifeng Xu et al.   ACS Nano

Recent Advances in Nano‐ and Micromotors

(2020) Marina Fernández‐Medina et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Self-Propelling Targeted Magneto-Nanobots for Deep Tumor Penetration and pH-Responsive Intracellular Drug Delivery

(2020) Saloni S. Andhari et al.   Scientific Reports

Platelet-derived porous nanomotor for thrombus therapy

(2020) Mimi Wan et al.   Science Advances

Multifunctional surface microrollers for targeted cargo delivery in physiological blood flow

(2020) Yunus Alapan et al.   Science Robotics

Biomedical Micro‐/Nanomotors: From Overcoming Biological Barriers to In Vivo Imaging

(2020) Changyong Gao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Harnessing carbon monoxide-releasing platforms for cancer therapy

(2020) Yang Zhou et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Phagocyte-membrane-coated and laser-responsive nanoparticles control primary and metastatic cancer by inducing anti-tumor immunity

(2020) Chuan Hu et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Helical micromotor operating under stationary DC electrostatic field

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

Cholesterol-tuned liposomal membrane rigidity directs tumor penetration and anti-tumor effect

(2019) Hangyi Wu et al.   Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B

A Light-Driven Micromotor with Complex Motion Behaviors for Controlled Release

(2019) Yunyu Sun et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Bio-inspired nitric-oxide-driven nanomotor

(2019) Mimi Wan et al.   Nature Communications

Chiral Polyaniline Hollow Nanotwists toward Efficient Enantioselective Separation of Amino Acids

(2019) Chuanqiang Zhou et al.   ACS Nano

X-ray-Powered Micromotors

(2019) Zhaoyi Xu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Full Spectrum Tunable Visible‐Light‐Driven Alloy Nanomotor

(2019) Jing Zheng et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Gold-Nanoshell-Functionalized Polymer Nanoswimmer for Photomechanical Poration of Single-Cell Membrane

(2019) Wei Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

The softness of tumour-cell-derived microparticles regulates their drug-delivery efficiency

(2019) Qingle Liang et al.   Nature Biomedical Engineering

Red Blood Cell-Mimicking Micromotor for Active Photodynamic Cancer Therapy

(2019) Changyong Gao et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Photodynamic therapy based on organic small molecular fluorescent dyes

(2019) Li Li et al.   CHINESE CHEMICAL LETTERS

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

(2019) Zhiguang Wu et al.   Science Robotics

Enzyme-Powered Nanomotors with Controlled Size for Biomedical Applications

(2019) Jiawei Sun et al.   ACS Nano

Microswimmers with Heat Delivery Capacity for 3D Cell Spheroid Penetration

(2019) Miguel A. Ramos-Docampo et al.   ACS Nano

Recent progress in drug delivery

(2019) Chong Li et al.   Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B

Self-propelled enzymatic nanomotors for enhancing synergetic photodynamic and starvation therapy by self-accelerated cascade reactions

(2019) Yongqiang You et al.   Applied Materials Today

Enzyme-Powered Gated Mesoporous Silica Nanomotors for On-Command Intracellular Payload Delivery

(2019) Antoni Llopis-Lorente et al.   ACS Nano

Inside Cover: Synergistic N-Heterocyclic Carbene/Palladium-Catalyzed Umpolung 1,4-Addition of Aryl Iodides to Enals (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1/2020)

(2019) Wenjun Yang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Tadpole-like Unimolecular Nanomotor with Sub-100 nm Size Swims in a Tumor Microenvironment Model

(2019) Huaan Li et al.   NANO LETTERS

Magnetically Powered Shape‐Transformable Liquid Metal Micromotors

(2019) Min Liu et al.   Small

Self-Propelled Janus Microdimer Swimmers under a Rotating Magnetic Field

(2019) Shimin Yu et al.   Nanomaterials

Light-Guided Nanomotor Systems for Autonomous Photothermal Cancer Therapy

(2018) Hyunsik Choi et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Bacteria-Activated Janus Particles Driven by Chemotaxis

(2018) Zihan Huang et al.   ACS Nano

Targeting and isolation of cancer cells using micro/nanomotors

(2018) Weiwei Gao et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

Micro-/Nanorobots at Work in Active Drug Delivery

(2018) Ming Luo et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Light-Driven Janus Hollow Mesoporous TiO2 -Au Microswimmers

(2018) Varun Sridhar et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Nanomotor-Based Strategy for Enhanced Penetration across Vasculature Model

(2018) Fei Peng et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Janus Microdimer Surface Walkers Propelled by Oscillating Magnetic Fields

(2018) Tianlong Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Progress toward Catalytic Micro- and Nanomotors for Biomedical and Environmental Applications

(2018) Muhammad Safdar et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

High-speed graphene@Ag-MnO 2 micromotors at low peroxide levels

(2018) Heng Ye et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Influence of Enzyme Quantity and Distribution on the Self-Propulsion of Non-Janus Urease-Powered Micromotors

(2018) Tania Patiño et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Novel catalytic micromotor of porous zeolitic imidazolate framework-67 for precise drug delivery

(2018) Linlin Wang et al.   Nanoscale

A Supramolecular Approach to Nanoscale Motion: Polymersome-Based Self-Propelled Nanomotors

(2018) Isamar Ortiz-Rivera et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Self-Propelled Nanomotors for Thermomechanically Percolating Cell Membranes

(2018) Mingjun Xuan et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Targeting 3D Bladder Cancer Spheroids with Urease-Powered Nanomotors

(2018) Ana C. Hortelão et al.   ACS Nano

High-Motility Visible Light-Driven Ag/AgCl Janus Micromotors

(2018) Xu Wang et al.   Small

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

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

Ultrasound-propelled nanowire motors enhance asparaginase enzymatic activity against cancer cells

(2017) Murat Uygun et al.   Nanoscale

Enzyme-coated Janus nanoparticles that selectively bind cell receptors as a function of the concentration of glucose

(2017) Gabriele Rucinskaite et al.   Nanoscale

Facile fabrication of mesoporous silica micro-jets with multi-functionalities

(2017) D. Vilela et al.   Nanoscale

Biohybrid Microtube Swimmers Driven by Single Captured Bacteria

(2017) Morgan M. Stanton et al.   Small

Bioadhesive Bacterial Microswimmers for Targeted Drug Delivery in the Urinary and Gastrointestinal Tracts

(2017) Babak Mostaghaci et al.   Advanced Science

Chemotactic synthetic vesicles: Design and applications in blood-brain barrier crossing

(2017) Adrian Joseph et al.   Science Advances

Macrophage Cell Membrane Camouflaged Au Nanoshells for in Vivo Prolonged Circulation Life and Enhanced Cancer Photothermal Therapy

(2016) Mingjun Xuan 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

Transient Micromotors That Disappear When No Longer Needed

(2016) Chuanrui Chen et al.   ACS Nano

Catalytic Locomotion of Core–Shell Nanowire Motors

(2016) Bumjin Jang et al.   ACS Nano

Progress toward Light-Harvesting Self-Electrophoretic Motors: Highly Efficient Bimetallic Nanomotors and Micropumps in Halogen Media

(2016) Flory Wong 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

Motion Control of Urea-Powered Biocompatible Hollow Microcapsules

(2016) Xing Ma et al.   ACS Nano

Fuel-Free Synthetic Micro-/Nanomachines

(2016) Tailin Xu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Promoting tumor penetration of nanoparticles for cancer stem cell therapy by TGF-β signaling pathway inhibition

(2016) Zu-Qi Zuo et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Shaping Tumor Microenvironment for Improving Nanoparticle Delivery

(2016) Huile Gao   CURRENT DRUG METABOLISM

Bubble-Free Propulsion of Ultrasmall Tubular Nanojets Powered by Biocatalytic Reactions

(2016) Xing Ma et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Near Infrared Light-Powered Janus Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticle Motors

(2016) Mingjun Xuan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Artificial Swimmers Propelled by Acoustically Activated Flagella

(2016) Daniel Ahmed et al.   NANO LETTERS

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

(2016) Ouajdi Felfoul et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

NIR Light Propulsive Janus-like Nanohybrids for Enhanced Photothermal Tumor Therapy

(2016) Pei-Pei Yang et al.   Small

Magnetically Propelled Fish-Like Nanoswimmers

(2016) Tianlong Li et al.   Small

A Compartmentalized Out-of-Equilibrium Enzymatic Reaction Network for Sustained Autonomous Movement

(2016) Marlies Nijemeisland et al.   ACS Central Science

Analysis of nanoparticle delivery to tumours

(2016) Stefan Wilhelm et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Manganese Oxide-Based Chemically Powered Micromotors

(2015) Muhammad Safdar et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

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

(2015) Wei Gao et al.   ACS Nano

Single Cell Real-Time miRNAs Sensing Based on Nanomotors

(2015) Berta Esteban-Fernández de Ávila et al.   ACS Nano

Highly Efficient Light-Driven TiO2–Au Janus Micromotors

(2015) Renfeng Dong et al.   ACS Nano

Water-Powered Cell-Mimicking Janus Micromotor

(2015) Zhiguang Wu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Catalytic Mesoporous Janus Nanomotors for Active Cargo Delivery

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

Micromotors Powered by Enzyme Catalysis

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

Enzyme-Powered Hollow Mesoporous Janus Nanomotors

(2015) Xing Ma et al.   NANO LETTERS

Self-propelled micromotors based on Au–mesoporous silica nanorods

(2015) Ying-Shuai Wang et al.   Nanoscale

Repeated sub-optimal photodynamic treatments with pheophorbide a induce an epithelial mesenchymal transition in prostate cancer cells via nitric oxide

(2015) Emilia Della Pietra et al.   NITRIC OXIDE-BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

A Force to Be Reckoned With: A Review of Synthetic Microswimmers Powered by Ultrasound

(2015) K. Jagajjanani Rao et al.   Small

Superfast Near-Infrared Light-Driven Polymer Multilayer Rockets

(2015) Zhiguang Wu et al.   Small

LRP-1-mediated intracellular antibody delivery to the Central Nervous System

(2015) Xiaohe Tian et al.   Scientific Reports

Biohybrid Janus Motors Driven byEscherichia coli

(2015) Morgan M. Stanton et al.   Advanced 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

Diversity of Magneto-Aerotactic Behaviors and Oxygen Sensing Mechanisms in Cultured Magnetotactic Bacteria

(2014) Christopher T. Lefèvre et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Self-Propelled Janus Mesoporous Silica Nanomotors with Sub-100 nm Diameters for Drug Encapsulation and Delivery

(2014) Mingjun Xuan et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

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

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

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

(2014) Pooyath Lekshmy Venugopalan et al.   NANO LETTERS

Self-Propelling Nanomotors in the Presence of Strong Brownian Forces

(2014) Tung-Chun Lee et al.   NANO LETTERS

Metabolic determinants of cancer cell sensitivity to glucose limitation and biguanides

(2014) Kıvanç Birsoy et al.   NATURE

Artificial bacterial flagella functionalized with temperature-sensitive liposomes for controlled release

(2014) Famin Qiu et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Ultrasound-Propelled Nanoporous Gold Wire for Efficient Drug Loading and Release

(2014) Victor Garcia-Gradilla et al.   Small

Ultrahigh-speed rotating nanoelectromechanical system devices assembled from nanoscale building blocks

(2014) Kwanoh Kim et al.   Nature Communications

Au–Fe/Ni alloy hybrid nanowire motors with dramatic speed

(2014) Ju Li et al.   RSC Advances

Factors controlling the pharmacokinetics, biodistribution and intratumoral penetration of nanoparticles

(2013) Mark J. Ernsting et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE

Challenges of the movement of catalytic micromotors in blood

(2013) Guanjia Zhao et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Influence of tumour micro-environment heterogeneity on therapeutic response

(2013) Melissa R. Junttila et al.   NATURE

Water-Driven Micromotors

(2012) Wei Gao et al.   ACS Nano

Autonomous Motion of Metallic Microrods Propelled by Ultrasound

(2012) Wei Wang et al.   ACS Nano

Fuel-Free Locomotion of Janus Motors: Magnetically Induced Thermophoresis

(2012) Larysa Baraban et al.   ACS Nano

Ordered Arrays of Raman Nanosensors for Ultrasensitive and Location Predictable Biochemical Detection

(2012) Xiaobin Xu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

(2012) Soichiro Tottori et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Autonomous movement of platinum-loaded stomatocytes

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

Electronic properties of nanoentities revealed by electrically driven rotation

(2012) D. L. Fan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

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

Autonomous Nanomotor Based on Copper–Platinum Segmented Nanobattery

(2011) Ran Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Electric tweezers

(2011) D.L. Fan et al.   Nano Today

High-speed propulsion of flexible nanowire motors: Theory and experiments

(2011) On Shun Pak et al.   Soft Matter

Electric field-induced chemical locomotion of conducting objects

(2011) Gabriel Loget et al.   Nature Communications

Polymer particle shape independently influences binding and internalization by macrophages

(2010) Gaurav Sharma et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE

Magnetically Powered Flexible Metal Nanowire Motors

(2010) Wei Gao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Enhancement of Learning and Memory by Elevating Brain Magnesium

(2010) Inna Slutsky et al.   NEURON

Controlled Propulsion of Artificial Magnetic Nanostructured Propellers

(2009) Ambarish Ghosh et al.   NANO LETTERS

Catalytic Microtubular Jet Engines Self-Propelled by Accumulated Gas Bubbles

(2009) Alexander A. Solovev et al.   Small

Motion Control at the Nanoscale

(2009) Joseph Wang et al.   Small

Carbon-Nanotube-Induced Acceleration of Catalytic Nanomotors

(2008) Rawiwan Laocharoensuk et al.   ACS Nano

Ultrafast Catalytic Alloy Nanomotors

(2008) U. Korcan Demirok et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Precision transport and assembling of nanowires in suspension by electric fields

(2008) D. L. Fan et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

The nitrate–nitrite–nitric oxide pathway in physiology and therapeutics

(2008) Jon O. Lundberg et al.   NATURE REVIEWS DRUG DISCOVERY

Autonomous propulsion of carbon nanotubes powered by a multienzyme ensemble

(2007) Davide Pantarotto et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS