Collective Behaviors of Isotropic Micromotors: From Assembly to Reconstruction and Motion Control under External Fields

Horizontal and Vertical Coalescent Microrobotic Collectives Using Ferrofluid Droplets

(2023) Mengmeng Sun et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Optimal active particle navigation meets machine learning (a)

(2023) Mahdi Nasiri et al.   EPL

Photochromism from wavelength-selective colloidal phase segregation

(2023) Jing Zheng et al.   NATURE

Micro/Nanorobotic Swarms: From Fundamentals to Functionalities

(2023) Junhui Law et al.   ACS Nano

Automatic Navigation of Microswarms for Dynamic Obstacle Avoidance

(2023) Yuezhen Liu et al.   IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Self‐Solidifying Active Droplets Showing Memory‐Induced Chirality

(2023) Kai Feng et al.   Advanced Science

Wheel-like Magnetic-Driven Microswarm with a Band-Aid Imitation for Patching Up Microscale Intestinal Perforation

(2022) Honger Yue et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Kinetics-Controlled Super-Assembly of Asymmetric Porous and Hollow Carbon Nanoparticles as Light-Sensitive Smart Nanovehicles

(2022) Lei Xie et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Magnetic Microswarm and Fluoroscopy‐Guided Platform for Biofilm Eradication in Biliary Stents

(2022) Mengmeng Sun et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Vector-Controlled Wheel-Like Magnetic Swarms With Multimodal Locomotion and Reconfigurable Capabilities

(2022) Mu Li et al.   Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Multi-Mode Motion Control of Reconfigurable Vortex-Shaped Microrobot Swarms for Targeted Tumor Therapy

(2022) Luyao Wang et al.   IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

Enzyme-Powered Hollow Nanorobots for Active Microsampling Enabled by Thermoresponsive Polymer Gating

(2022) Xiaojia Liu et al.   ACS Nano

Programmable, Spatiotemporal Control of Colloidal Motion Waves via Structured Light

(2022) Xi Chen et al.   ACS Nano

Collective Behaviors of Magnetic Microparticle Swarms: From Dexterous Tentacles to Reconfigurable Carpets

(2022) Zichen Xu et al.   ACS Nano

Magnetic microswarm for MRI contrast enhancer

(2022) Zhanxiang Zhang et al.   Chemistry-An Asian Journal

Milli-scale cellular robots that can reconfigure morphologies and behaviors simultaneously

(2022) Xiong Yang et al.   Nature Communications

Trapping and detecting nanoplastics by MXene-derived oxide microrobots

(2022) Mario Urso et al.   Nature Communications

Dual-Mode-Driven Micromotor Based on Foam-like Carbon Nitride and Fe3O4 with Improved Manipulation and Photocatalytic Performance

(2022) Kai Feng et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Light-Powered, Fuel-Free Oscillation, Migration, and Reversible Manipulation of Multiple Cargo Types by Micromotor Swarms

(2022) Jianhua Zhang et al.   ACS Nano

Sensing of Fluidic Features Using Colloidal Microswarms

(2022) Hui Chen et al.   ACS Nano

Automated Manipulation of Microswarms Without Real-Time Image Feedback Using Magnetic Tweezers

(2022) Liushuai Zheng et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

Self-driven magnetorobots for recyclable and scalable micro/nanoplastic removal from nonmarine waters

(2022) Wanyuan Li et al.   Science Advances

Gravity-resisting colloidal collectives

(2022) Junhui Law et al.   Science Advances

External Power-Driven Microrobotic Swarm: From Fundamental Understanding to Imaging-Guided Delivery

(2021) Qianqian Wang et al.   ACS Nano

Ion-exchange enabled synthetic swarm

(2021) Changjin Wu et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Swarming Microdroplets to a Dexterous Micromanipulator

(2021) Mengmeng Sun et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Biological Mediator-Propelled Nanosweeper for Nonpharmaceutical Thrombus Therapy

(2021) Qingqing Deng et al.   ACS Nano

Programmable dynamic shapes with a swarm of light‐powered colloidal motors

(2021) Meiling Chen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Self-powered locomotion of a hydrogel water strider

(2021) Hong Zhu et al.   Science Robotics

Enzyme-Powered Liquid Metal Nanobots Endowed with Multiple Biomedical Functions

(2021) Dandan Xu et al.   ACS Nano

Solution‐Synthesized Multifunctional Janus Nanotree Microswimmer

(2021) Jia Dai et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Domino Reaction Encoded Heterogeneous Colloidal Microswarm with On‐Demand Morphological Adaptability

(2021) Dongdong Jin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Highly Efficient Active Colloids Driven by Galvanic Exchange Reactions

(2021) Linda Feuerstein et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Straight-to-Curvilinear Motion Transition of a Swimming Droplet Caused by the Susceptibility to Fluctuations

(2021) Saori Suda et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

An Overview of Micronanoswarms for Biomedical Applications

(2021) Hui Chen et al.   ACS Nano

Heat-Mediated Optical Manipulation

(2021) Zhihan Chen et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Micromanipulation Using Reconfigurable Self-Assembled Magnetic Droplets With Needle Guidance

(2021) Qianqian Wang et al.   IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Adaptive Pattern and Motion Control of Magnetic Microrobotic Swarms

(2021) Jiangfan Yu et al.   IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Hierarchical Microswarms with Leader–Follower‐Like Structures: Electrohydrodynamic Self‐Organization and Multimode Collective Photoresponses

(2020) Xiong Liang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Phototropic aggregation and light guided long-distance collective transport of colloidal particles

(2020) Xiaoran Wu et al.   LANGMUIR

Synergistic Speed Enhancement of an Electric-Photochemical Hybrid Micromotor by Tilt Rectification

(2020) Zuyao Xiao et al.   ACS Nano

Swarming of Perovskite‐Like Bi 2 WO 6 Microrobots Destroy Textile Fibers under Visible Light

(2020) Katherine Villa et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Programmable Collective Behavior in Dynamically Self‐Assembled Mobile Microrobotic Swarms

(2019) Berk Yigit et al.   Advanced Science

Catalytic and Light‐Driven ZnO/Pt Janus Nano/Micromotors: Switching of Motion Mechanism via Interface Roughness and Defect Tailoring at the Nanoscale

(2019) Amir Masoud Pourrahimi et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Visible-Light-Driven Single-Component BiVO4 Micromotors with the Autonomous Ability for Capturing Microorganisms

(2019) Katherine Villa et al.   ACS Nano

Light‐Induced Patterned Self‐Assembly Behavior of Isotropic Semiconductor Nanomotors

(2019) Dekai Zhou et al.   Chemistry-An Asian Journal

Programmable Generation and Motion Control of a Snakelike Magnetic Microrobot Swarm

(2019) Hui Xie et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

The odd free surface flows of a colloidal chiral fluid

(2019) Vishal Soni et al.   Nature Physics

Calligraphy/Painting Based on a Bioinspired Light-Driven Micromotor with Concentration-Dependent Motion Direction Reversal and Dynamic Swarming Behavior

(2019) Yunyu Sun et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Active Micromotor Systems Built from Passive Particles with Biomimetic Predator–Prey Interactions

(2019) Fangzhi Mou et al.   ACS Nano

Erythrocyte Membrane Modified Janus Polymeric Motors for Thrombus Therapy

(2018) Jingxin Shao et al.   ACS Nano

Photochemically Powered AgCl Janus Micromotors as a Model System to Understand Ionic Self-Diffusiophoresis

(2018) Chao Zhou et al.   LANGMUIR

Manipulation of emergent vortices in swarms of magnetic rollers

(2018) Gašper Kokot et al.   Nature Communications

Light-Controlled Swarming and Assembly of Colloidal Particles

(2018) Jianhua Zhang et al.   Micromachines

Light-Ultrasound Driven Collective “Firework” Behavior of Nanomotors

(2018) Dekai Zhou et al.   Advanced Science

Dynamics of Binary Active Clusters Driven by Ion-Exchange Particles

(2018) Ran Niu et al.   ACS Nano

Self-Assembly of Colloidal Molecules due to Self-Generated Flow

(2017) Ran Niu et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Chemotaxis and autochemotaxis of self-propelling droplet swimmers

(2017) Chenyu Jin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Opto-thermophoretic assembly of colloidal matter

(2017) Linhan Lin et al.   Science Advances

Light-Steered Isotropic Semiconductor Micromotors

(2016) Chuanrui Chen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Near-infrared light-driven Janus capsule motors: Fabrication, propulsion, and simulation

(2016) Yingjie Wu et al.   Nano Research

Curling Liquid Crystal Microswimmers: A Cascade of Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking

(2016) Carsten Krüger et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

From One to Many: Dynamic Assembly and Collective Behavior of Self-Propelled Colloidal Motors

(2015) Wei Wang et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Autophoretic locomotion from geometric asymmetry

(2015) Sébastien Michelin et al.   EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E

Reversible Swarming and Separation of Self-Propelled Chemically Powered Nanomotors under Acoustic Fields

(2015) Tailin Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Army ants dynamically adjust living bridges in response to a cost–benefit trade-off

(2015) Chris R. Reid et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Magnetic Propulsion of Self-Assembled Colloidal Carpets: Efficient Cargo Transport via a Conveyor-Belt Effect

(2015) Fernando Martinez-Pedrero et al.   Physical Review Applied

Chemical Energy Powered Nano/Micro/Macromotors and the Environment

(2014) James Guo Sheng Moo et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Spatially and temporally reconfigurable assembly of colloidal crystals

(2014) Youngri Kim et al.   Nature Communications

Small power: Autonomous nano- and micromotors propelled by self-generated gradients

(2013) Wei Wang et al.   Nano Today

Emergence of macroscopic directed motion in populations of motile colloids

(2013) Antoine Bricard et al.   NATURE

Large-scale vortex lattice emerging from collectively moving microtubules

(2012) Yutaka Sumino et al.   NATURE

Collective motion

(2012) Tamás Vicsek et al.   PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS LETTERS

From behavioural analyses to models of collective motion in fish schools

(2012) U. Lopez et al.   Interface Focus

Collective motion and density fluctuations in bacterial colonies

(2010) H. P. Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Schooling Behavior of Light-Powered Autonomous Micromotors in Water

(2009) Michael Ibele et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION