Biosafety, Functionalities, and Applications of Biomedical Micro/nanomotors

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

Photoacoustic Imaging-Trackable Magnetic Microswimmers for Pathogenic Bacterial Infection Treatment

(2020) Lisi Xie et al.   ACS Nano

Wireless Manipulation of Magnetic/Piezoelectric Micromotors for Precise Neural Stem‐Like Cell Stimulation

(2020) Lu Liu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Photosynthetic Biohybrid Nanoswimmers System to Alleviate Tumor Hypoxia for FL/PA/MR Imaging‐Guided Enhanced Radio‐Photodynamic Synergetic Therapy

(2020) Danni Zhong et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Micro‐/Nanomotors toward Biomedical Applications: The Recent Progress in Biocompatibility

(2020) Juanfeng Ou et al.   Small

Self‐Propelled PLGA Micromotor with Chemotactic Response to Inflammation

(2020) Jiamian Wang et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

Human adipose–derived mesenchymal stem cell–based medical microrobot system for knee cartilage regeneration in vivo

(2020) Gwangjun Go et al.   Science Robotics

Biocompatible Magnetic Micro‐ and Nanodevices: Fabrication of FePt Nanopropellers and Cell Transfection

(2020) Vincent Mauricio Kadiri et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Multicompartment Tubular Micromotors Toward Enhanced Localized Active Delivery

(2020) Berta Esteban‐Fernández de Ávila et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Magnetic Micromotors for Multiple Motile Sperm Cells Capture, Transport, and Enzymatic Release

(2020) Haifeng Xu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Systematic Research and Evaluation Models of Nanomotors for Cancer Combined Therapy

(2020) Mimi Wan et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Hybrid Biodegradable Nanomotors through Compartmentalized Synthesis

(2020) Imke A. B. Pijpers et al.   NANO LETTERS

Autonomous Biohybrid Urchin‐Like Microperforator for Intracellular Payload Delivery

(2020) Mengmeng Sun et al.   Small

Sperm‐Driven Micromotors Moving in Oviduct Fluid and Viscoelastic Media

(2020) Friedrich Striggow et al.   Small

Active Delivery of VLPs Promotes Anti‐Tumor Activity in a Mouse Ovarian Tumor Model

(2020) Chao Wang et al.   Small

Micro-rocket robot with all-optic actuating and tracking in blood

(2020) Dengfeng Li et al.   Light-Science & Applications

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

Urease-Powered Polydopamine Nanomotors for Intravesical Therapy of Bladder Diseases

(2020) Hyunsik Choi et al.   ACS Nano

Fantastic Voyage of Nanomotors into the Cell

(2020) Pooyath Lekshmy Venugopalan et al.   ACS Nano

Photoactivated Polymersome Nanomotors: Traversing Biological Barriers

(2020) Jingxin Shao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Core@Satellite Janus Nanomotors with pH‐Responsive Multi‐phoretic Propulsion

(2020) Yi Xing et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Zinc Microrocket Pills: Fabrication and Characterization toward Active Oral Delivery

(2020) Rodolfo Mundaca‐Uribe et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

A Rotating Spiral Micromotor for Noninvasive Zygote Transfer

(2020) Lukas Schwarz et al.   Advanced Science

Enzyme-powered Janus platelet cell robots for active and targeted drug delivery

(2020) Songsong Tang et al.   Science Robotics

Bio-inspired nitric-oxide-driven nanomotor

(2019) Mimi Wan et al.   Nature Communications

Biomimetic Micromotor Enables Active Delivery of Antigens for Oral Vaccination

(2019) Xiaoli Wei et al.   NANO LETTERS

A Macrophage–Magnesium Hybrid Biomotor: Fabrication and Characterization

(2019) Fangyu Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

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

Synthetic and living micropropellers for convection-enhanced nanoparticle transport

(2019) S. Schuerle et al.   Science Advances

Red Blood Cell-Mimicking Micromotor for Active Photodynamic Cancer Therapy

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

Macroscale Chemotaxis from a Swarm of Bacteria-Mimicking Nanoswimmers

(2019) Yuxing Ji et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

High‐Resolution SPECT Imaging of Stimuli‐Responsive Soft Microrobots

(2019) Veronica Iacovacci et al.   Small

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

A Nanomotor-Based Active Delivery System for Intracellular Oxygen Transport

(2019) Fangyu Zhang et al.   ACS Nano

Real-Time Optoacoustic Tracking of Single Moving Micro-objects in Deep Phantom and Ex Vivo Tissues

(2019) Azaam Aziz et al.   NANO LETTERS

Visible-Light-Driven Janus Microvehicles in Biological Media

(2019) Marta Pacheco et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Multifunctional magnetic hairbot for untethered osteogenesis, ultrasound contrast imaging and drug delivery

(2019) Ajay Vikram Singh et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Enzyme-powered Janus nanomotors launched from intratumoral depots to address drug delivery barriers

(2019) Zhoujiang Chen et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Micromotors for Active Delivery of Minerals toward the Treatment of Iron Deficiency Anemia

(2019) Emil Karshalev et al.   NANO LETTERS

Multifunctional Nanorobot System for Active Therapeutic Delivery and Synergistic Chemo-photothermal Therapy

(2019) Zhen Jin et al.   NANO LETTERS

Degradable Nanomotors Using Platinum Deposited Complex of Calcium Carbonate and Hyaluronate Nanogels for Targeted Drug Delivery

(2019) Hyunsik Choi et al.   PARTICLE & PARTICLE SYSTEMS CHARACTERIZATION

NIR powered Janus nanocarrier for deep tumor penetration

(2019) Xiangyu Jiao et al.   Applied Materials Today

Light-Guided Nanomotor Systems for Autonomous Photothermal Cancer Therapy

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

Erythrocyte Membrane Modified Janus Polymeric Motors for Thrombus Therapy

(2018) Jingxin Shao et al.   ACS Nano

Magnetically Actuated Peanut Colloid Motors for Cell Manipulation and Patterning

(2018) Zhihua Lin et al.   ACS Nano

Molecularly Engineered Theranostic Nanoparticles for Thrombosed Vessels: H2O2-Activatable Contrast-Enhanced Photoacoustic Imaging and Antithrombotic Therapy

(2018) Eunkyeong Jung et al.   ACS Nano

Medical Imaging for the Tracking of Micromotors

(2018) Diana Vilela et al.   ACS Nano

Precision-Guided Nanospears for Targeted and High-Throughput Intracellular Gene Delivery

(2018) Xiaobin Xu et al.   ACS Nano

Mobile Magnetic Nanocatalysts for Bioorthogonal Targeted Cancer Therapy

(2018) Marcus Hoop et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Nanomotor-Based Strategy for Enhanced Penetration across Vasculature Model

(2018) Fei Peng et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Maneuverability of Magnetic Nanomotors Inside Living Cells

(2018) Malay Pal et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Chemical/Light-Powered Hybrid Micromotors with “On-the-Fly” Optical Brakes

(2018) Chuanrui Chen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Active Intracellular Delivery of a Cas9/sgRNA Complex Using Ultrasound-Propelled Nanomotors

(2018) Malthe Hansen-Bruhn et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Circulating Platelets as Mediators of Immunity, Inflammation, and Thrombosis

(2018) Milka Koupenova et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

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

Cell-Like Micromotors

(2018) Berta Esteban-Fernández de Ávila et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Light-Driven Micro/Nanomotor for Promising Biomedical Tools: Principle, Challenge, and Prospect

(2018) Jizhuang Wang et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Shape-Transformable, Fusible Rodlike Swimming Liquid Metal Nanomachine

(2018) Daolin Wang et al.   ACS Nano

Micromotor Pills as a Dynamic Oral Delivery Platform

(2018) Emil Karshalev et al.   ACS Nano

Micromotors for drug delivery in vivo: The road ahead

(2018) Sarvesh Kumar Srivastava et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

3D Printed Enzymatically Biodegradable Soft Helical Microswimmers

(2018) Xiaopu Wang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Self-Propelled Nanomotors for Thermomechanically Percolating Cell Membranes

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

Review of structured light in diffuse optical imaging

(2018) Joseph P. Angelo et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS

Bubble-Pair Propelled Colloidal Kayaker

(2018) Yingjie Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Targeting 3D Bladder Cancer Spheroids with Urease-Powered Nanomotors

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

Optical and Thermophoretic Control of Janus Nanopen Injection into Living Cells

(2018) Christoph M. Maier et al.   NANO LETTERS

Intra-articular treatment options for knee osteoarthritis

(2018) Ian A. Jones et al.   Nature Reviews Rheumatology

A swarm of slippery micropropellers penetrates the vitreous body of the eye

(2018) Zhiguang Wu et al.   Science Advances

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

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

Rotating-Electric-Field-Induced Carbon-Nanotube-Based Nanomotor in Water: A Molecular Dynamics Study

(2017) Md. Mushfiqur Rahman et al.   Small

Biohybrid Microtube Swimmers Driven by Single Captured Bacteria

(2017) Morgan M. Stanton et al.   Small

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

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

A Magnetically Actuated Microscaffold Containing Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Articular Cartilage Repair

(2017) Gwangjun Go et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

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

(2017) Adrian Joseph et al.   Science Advances

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

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

Magnetically and Near-Infrared Light-Powered Supramolecular Nanotransporters for the Remote Control of Enzymatic Reactions

(2016) Svetlana A. Chechetka et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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

Acoustically propelled nanoshells

(2016) Fernando Soto et al.   Nanoscale

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

(2016) Ouajdi Felfoul et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Disease-modifying treatments for osteoarthritis (DMOADs) of the knee and hip: lessons learned from failures and opportunities for the future

(2016) M.A. Karsdal et al.   OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE

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

(2016) Pei-Pei Yang et al.   Small

Hybrid-Actuating Macrophage-Based Microrobots for Active Cancer Therapy

(2016) Jiwon Han et al.   Scientific Reports

Guidable Thermophoretic Janus Micromotors Containing Gold Nanocolorifiers for Infrared Laser Assisted Tissue Welding

(2016) Wenping He et al.   Advanced Science

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

(2016) Marlies Nijemeisland et al.   ACS Central Science

Magnetically Actuated Wormlike Nanomotors for Controlled Cargo Release

(2015) Min Liu 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

Water-Powered Cell-Mimicking Janus Micromotor

(2015) Zhiguang Wu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Cell-Membrane-Coated Synthetic Nanomotors for Effective Biodetoxification

(2015) Zhiguang Wu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Medibots: Dual-Action Biogenic Microdaggers for Single-Cell Surgery and Drug Release

(2015) Sarvesh Kumar Srivastava et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Self-Guided Supramolecular Cargo-Loaded Nanomotors with Chemotactic Behavior towards Cells

(2015) Fei Peng et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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

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

Superfast Near-Infrared Light-Driven Polymer Multilayer Rockets

(2015) Zhiguang Wu et al.   Small

Enzymatically active biomimetic micropropellers for the penetration of mucin gels

(2015) D. Walker et al.   Science Advances

Self-Propelled Polymer Multilayer Janus Capsules for Effective Drug Delivery and Light-Triggered Release

(2014) Yingjie Wu 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

Near-Infrared Light-Triggered “On/Off” Motion of Polymer Multilayer Rockets

(2014) Zhiguang Wu et al.   ACS Nano

Turning Erythrocytes into Functional Micromotors

(2014) Zhiguang Wu et al.   ACS Nano

Covalent Binding of Nanoliposomes to the Surface of Magnetotactic Bacteria for the Synthesis of Self-Propelled Therapeutic Agents

(2014) Samira Taherkhani et al.   ACS Nano

Acceleration of Tissue Plasminogen Activator-Mediated Thrombolysis by Magnetically Powered Nanomotors

(2014) Rui Cheng et al.   ACS Nano

Acoustic Propulsion of Nanorod Motors Inside Living Cells

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

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

(2014) Mingjun Xuan et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

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

(2014) Hong Wang 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

Fully Loaded Micromotors for Combinatorial Delivery and Autonomous Release of Cargoes

(2014) Sirilak Sattayasamitsathit et al.   Small

A self-propelled biohybrid swimmer at low Reynolds number

(2014) Brian J. Williams et al.   Nature Communications

Electroforming of Implantable Tubular Magnetic Microrobots for Wireless Ophthalmologic Applications

(2014) George Chatzipirpiridis et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

Development of a Sperm-Flagella Driven Micro-Bio-Robot

(2013) Veronika Magdanz et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Articular Cartilage Repair With Magnetic Mesenchymal Stem Cells

(2013) Goki Kamei et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE

Self-Propelled Polymer-Based Multilayer Nanorockets for Transportation and Drug Release

(2013) Zhiguang Wu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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

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

Toward in vivo detection of hydrogen peroxide with ultrasound molecular imaging

(2013) Emilia S. Olson et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Platelets and Atherothrombosis: Causes, Targets and Treatments for Thrombosis

(2013) T. Siddiqui et al.   CURRENT MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Challenges of the movement of catalytic micromotors in blood

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

Bioinspired Helical Microswimmers Based on Vascular Plants

(2013) Wei Gao et al.   NANO LETTERS

New paradigm for tumor theranostic methodology using bacteria-based microrobot

(2013) Sung Jun Park et al.   Scientific Reports

Chitosan Electrodeposition for Microrobotic Drug Delivery

(2013) Stefano Fusco et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

Water-Driven Micromotors

(2012) Wei Gao et al.   ACS Nano

Self-Propelled Nanotools

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

Acoustic Droplet Vaporization and Propulsion of Perfluorocarbon-Loaded Microbullets for Targeted Tissue Penetration and Deformation

(2012) Daniel Kagan et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

In Vitro Oxygen Sensing Using Intraocular Microrobots

(2012) O. Ergeneman et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Rolled-up magnetic microdrillers: towards remotely controlled minimally invasive surgery

(2012) Wang Xi et al.   Nanoscale

Autonomous movement of platinum-loaded stomatocytes

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

Shear-Activated Nanotherapeutics for Drug Targeting to Obstructed Blood Vessels

(2012) N. Korin et al.   SCIENCE

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

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

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

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

Enabling Cargo-Carrying Bacteria via Surface Attachment and Triggered Release

(2011) Rohan Fernandes et al.   Small

Dynamics of Biocatalytic Microengines Mediated by Variable Friction Control

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

Catalytic Microtubular Jet Engines Self-Propelled by Accumulated Gas Bubbles

(2009) Alexander A. Solovev et al.   Small

A Magnetically Controlled Wireless Optical Oxygen Sensor for Intraocular Measurements

(2008) OlgaÇ Ergeneman et al.   IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL

Triggers, targets and treatments for thrombosis

(2008) Nigel Mackman   NATURE

A Novel Cell Delivery System Using Magnetically Labeled Mesenchymal Stem Cells and an External Magnetic Device for Clinical Cartilage Repair

(2007) Takaaki Kobayashi et al.   ARTHROSCOPY-THE JOURNAL OF ARTHROSCOPIC AND RELATED SURGERY