Bio-inspired micro/nanomotor with visible light dependent in situ rotation and phototaxis

Light-Programmable Assemblies of Isotropic Micromotors

(2022) Shengping Che et al.   Research

Visible Light-Driven Micromotor with Incident-Angle-Controlled Motion and Dynamic Collective Behavior

(2021) Yunyu Sun et al.   LANGMUIR

Flying Squirrel-Inspired Motion Control of a Light-Deformed Pt-PAzoMA Micromotor through Drag Force Manipulation

(2021) Xinyi Lin et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Light‐Driven Micromotors to Dissociate Protein Aggregates That Cause Neurodegenerative Diseases

(2021) Paula Mayorga‐Burrezo et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Photothermal nanofibres enable safe engineering of therapeutic cells

(2021) Ranhua Xiong et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Bioinspired micro/nanomotor with visible light energy–dependent forward, reverse, reciprocating, and spinning schooling motion

(2021) Jintao Tong et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Rational Design of Reversible Redox Shuttle for Highly Efficient Light-Driven Microswimmer

(2020) Jizhuang Wang et al.   ACS Nano

Motor and Rotor in One: Light-Active ZnO/Au Twinned Rods of Tunable Motion Modes

(2020) Sinan Du et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Multifunctional Visible‐Light Powered Micromotors Based on Semiconducting Sulfur‐ and Nitrogen‐Containing Donor–Acceptor Polymer

(2020) Yaroslav S. Kochergin et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

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

(2020) Songsong Tang et al.   Science Robotics

Tadpole‐Shaped Catalytic Janus Microrotors Enabled by Facile and Controllable Growth of Silver Nanotails

(2020) Xianglong Lv et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Photochemically Excited, Pulsating Janus Colloidal Motors of Tunable Dynamics

(2019) Chao Zhou et al.   ACS Nano

Photocatalytic Micromotors Activated by UV to Visible Light for Environmental Remediation, Micropumps, Reversible Assembly, Transportation, and Biomimicry

(2019) Lei Kong et al.   Small

From Strong Dichroic Nanomotor to Polarotactic Microswimmer

(2019) Xiaojun Zhan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Photowelding Strategy for Conductivity Restoration in Flexible Circuits

(2019) Yunyu Sun et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Visible-Light-Driven Janus Microvehicles in Biological Media

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

Enhanced ion tolerance of electrokinetic locomotion in polyelectrolyte-coated microswimmer

(2019) Xiaojun Zhan et al.   Nature Communications

Micro-/Nanorobots at Work in Active Drug Delivery

(2018) Ming Luo et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Micromotors for environmental applications: a review

(2018) Beatriz Jurado-Sánchez et al.   Environmental Science-Nano

A light-powered shape-configurable micromachine

(2018) Mingtong Li et al.   Materials Horizons

Gas Sensing and Electrochemical Behaviors of Ag-doped 3D Spherical WO3 Assembled by Nanostrips to Formaldehyde

(2018) Huimin Yu et al.   International Journal of Electrochemical Science

Visible light–gated reconfigurable rotary actuation of electric nanomotors

(2018) Zexi Liang et al.   Science Advances

DNA engineered micromotors powered by metal nanoparticles for motion based cellphone diagnostics

(2018) Mohamed Shehata Draz et al.   Nature Communications

Recent advances of light-driven micro/nanomotors: toward powerful thrust and precise control

(2018) Ziheng Zhan et al.   Nanotechnology Reviews

A phototactic micromotor based on platinum nanoparticle decorated carbon nitride

(2017) Zhenrong Ye et al.   Nanoscale

Controllable synthesis of Ag-WO 3 core-shell nanospheres for light-enhanced gas sensors

(2017) Yao Yao et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Orthogonal navigation of multiple visible-light-driven artificial microswimmers

(2017) Jing Zheng et al.   Nature Communications

Near Infrared Light-Powered Janus Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticle Motors

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

Programmable artificial phototactic microswimmer

(2016) Baohu Dai et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Highly Efficient Light-Driven TiO2–Au Janus Micromotors

(2015) Renfeng Dong et al.   ACS Nano

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

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

Characterization of light-controlled Volvox as movable microvalve element assembled in multilayer microfluidic device

(2015) Moeto Nagai et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Physics of microswimmers—single particle motion and collective behavior: a review

(2015) J Elgeti et al.   REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS

Self-Assembly of Micromachining Systems Powered by Janus Micromotors

(2015) Claudio Maggi et al.   Small

Micromotors with asymmetric shape that efficiently convert light into work by thermocapillary effects

(2015) Claudio Maggi et al.   Nature Communications

Electrokinetic effects in catalytic platinum-insulator Janus swimmers

(2014) S. Ebbens et al.   EPL

A micromotor based on polymer single crystals and nanoparticles: toward functional versatility

(2014) Mei Liu et al.   Nanoscale

Simultaneous coupling of phototaxis and electrotaxis inVolvox algae

(2014) Yoshikatsu Hayashi et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

A self-propelled thermophoretic microgear

(2013) Mingcheng Yang et al.   Soft Matter

Correlation between Surface Chemistry, Density, and Band Gap in Nanocrystalline WO3 Thin Films

(2012) R.S. Vemuri et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

How 5000 independent rowers coordinate their strokes in order to row into the sunlight: Phototaxis in the multicellular green alga Volvox

(2010) Noriko Ueki et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Magnetic Enhancement of Phototaxing Catalytic Motors

(2010) Neetu Chaturvedi et al.   LANGMUIR