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Powering bioanalytical applications in biomedicine with light-responsive Janus micro-/nanomotors

Journal

MICROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 189, Issue 3, Pages -

Publisher

SPRINGER WIEN
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-022-05229-1

Keywords

Janus particles; Optical nanomotors; Biosensing; Bioimaging; Theranostic

Funding

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [22104093, 21804007, 21890742]
  2. SZU Top Ranking Project [86000000210]
  3. Shenzhen Stability Support Plan [20200806163622001]
  4. Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Nano-Biosensing Technology [ZDSYS20210112161400001]
  5. Shenzhen Overseas Talent Program

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This article reviews the characteristics and progress of light-responsive Janus micro-/nanomotors in biomedicine and focuses on their applications in biosensing, bioimaging, and theranostic. The remaining challenges in practical application are summarized, and potential solutions are proposed.
Possessing both unique asymmetric structures and remote-controlled active movement, light-responsive Janus micro-/nanomotors offer the possibility of breaking through the limitations of traditional biomedicine, and have fascinated and inspired researchers. Despite many obstacles toward the clinical application, impressive progress of light-responsive Janus micro-/nanomotors for bioanalytical applications has been made over the past decades. In this review, we first briefly introduced several main light-driven Janus micro-/nanomotors, then focused on their typical bioanalytical applications such as biosensing, bioimaging, and theranostic. In the end, we summarized the remaining challenges of light-responsive Janus micro-/nanomotors in the practical application and also proposed potential solutions in the future.

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