Self-Propelled Micro/Nanoparticle Motors

Metal–Organic Frameworks as Micromotors with Tunable Engines and Brakes

(2017) Jinxing Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

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

Visible-light controlled catalytic Cu2O–Au micromotors

(2017) Dekai Zhou et al.   Nanoscale

Passive and active colloidal chemotaxis in a microfluidic channel: mesoscopic and stochastic models

(2017) Laurens Deprez et al.   Soft Matter

Hybrid BioMicromotors

(2017) Lukas Schwarz et al.   Applied Physics Reviews

Magnetic Field Guided Chemotaxis of iMushbots for Targeted Anticancer Therapeutics

(2017) Tamanna Bhuyan et al.   ACS Biomaterials-Science & Engineering

Magnetic Field Guided Chemotaxis of iMushbots for Targeted Anticancer Therapeutics

(2017) Tamanna Bhuyan et al.   ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering

Reprogrammable Logic Gate and Logic Circuit Based on Multistimuli-Responsive Raspberry-like Micromotors

(2016) Lina Zhang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Reversed Janus Micro/Nanomotors with Internal Chemical Engine

(2016) Xing Ma 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

Enzyme Catalysis To Power Micro/Nanomachines

(2016) Xing Ma et al.   ACS Nano

Light-Driven and Light-Guided Microswimmers

(2016) Wei Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Light-Steered Isotropic Semiconductor Micromotors

(2016) Chuanrui Chen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

“Shoot and Sense” Janus Micromotors-Based Strategy for the Simultaneous Degradation and Detection of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Food and Biological Samples

(2016) D. Rojas et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Synthesis of Chemically Asymmetric Silica Nanobottles and Their Application for Cargo Loading and as Nanoreactors and Nanomotors

(2016) Deliang Yi et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Autonomously Propelled Motors for Value-Added Product Synthesis and Purification

(2016) Sarvesh K. Srivastava et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Computational design of microscopic swimmers and capsules: From directed motion to collective behavior

(2016) Svetoslav V. Nikolov et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN COLLOID & INTERFACE SCIENCE

Active colloids: Progress and challenges towards realising autonomous applications

(2016) S.J. Ebbens   CURRENT OPINION IN COLLOID & INTERFACE SCIENCE

Programmed Transport and Release of Cells by Self-Propelled Micromotors

(2016) Yoshitaka Yoshizumi et al.   LANGMUIR

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

(2016) Yingjie Wu et al.   Nano Research

Acoustically propelled nanoshells

(2016) Fernando Soto et al.   Nanoscale

Reconfigurable OR and XOR logic gates based on dual responsive on–off–on micromotors

(2016) Yonggang Dong et al.   Nanoscale

Light-controlled propulsion, aggregation and separation of water-fuelled TiO2/Pt Janus submicromotors and their “on-the-fly” photocatalytic activities

(2016) Fangzhi Mou et al.   Nanoscale

Self-propelled supramolecular nanomotors with temperature-responsive speed regulation

(2016) Yingfeng Tu et al.   Nature Chemistry

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

(2016) Ouajdi Felfoul et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Active tumor-therapeutic liposomal bacteriobot combining a drug (paclitaxel)-encapsulated liposome with targeting bacteria (Salmonella Typhimurium)

(2016) Van Du Nguyen et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Confined Catalytic Janus Swimmers in a Crowded Channel: Geometry-Driven Rectification Transients and Directional Locking

(2016) Hailing Yu et al.   Small

Trochoidal trajectories of self-propelled Janus particles in a diverging laser beam

(2016) Henrique Moyses et al.   Soft Matter

Topographical pathways guide chemical microswimmers

(2016) Juliane Simmchen et al.   Nature Communications

Phototaxis of synthetic microswimmers in optical landscapes

(2016) Celia Lozano et al.   Nature Communications

Bacteria-Driven Particles: Patterned and Specific Attachment of Bacteria on Biohybrid Bacteria-Driven Microswimmers (Adv. Healthcare Mater. 18/2016)

(2016) Ajay Vikram Singh et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

Graphene-based Janus micromotors for the dynamic removal of pollutants

(2016) Jahir Orozco et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Exploiting Optical Asymmetry for Controlled Guiding of Particles with Light

(2016) Ognjen Ilic et al.   ACS Photonics

Self-propelled chelation platforms for efficient removal of toxic metals

(2016) D. A. Uygun et al.   Environmental Science-Nano

Magnetoelectric micromachines with wirelessly controlled navigation and functionality

(2016) Xiang-Zhong Chen et al.   Materials Horizons

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

(2016) Wenping He et al.   Advanced Science

Carbonate-based Janus micromotors moving in ultra-light acidic environment generated by HeLa cells in situ

(2016) Maria Guix et al.   Scientific Reports

Chemotaxis of bio-hybrid multiple bacteria-driven microswimmers

(2016) Jiang Zhuang et al.   Scientific Reports

Spiropyran-Decorated SiO2–Pt Janus Micromotor: Preparation and Light-Induced Dynamic Self-Assembly and Disassembly

(2015) Qilu Zhang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Highly Efficient Light-Driven TiO2–Au Janus Micromotors

(2015) Renfeng Dong et al.   ACS Nano

An Optically Driven Bistable Janus Rotor with Patterned Metal Coatings

(2015) Yiwu Zong et al.   ACS Nano

Water-Powered Cell-Mimicking Janus Micromotor

(2015) Zhiguang Wu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Magnetically Modulated Pot-Like MnFe2O4Micromotors: Nanoparticle Assembly Fabrication and their Capability for Direct Oil Removal

(2015) Fangzhi Mou et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Wavelength-dependent penetration depth of near infrared radiation into cartilage

(2015) M. V. Padalkar et al.   ANALYST

Micromotor-Based Energy Generation

(2015) Virendra V. Singh et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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

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

Surface roughness-induced speed increase for active Janus micromotors

(2015) Udit Choudhury et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Microengine-assisted electrochemical measurements at printable sensor strips

(2015) Stefano Cinti et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Near infrared-modulated propulsion of catalytic Janus polymer multilayer capsule motors

(2015) Yingjie Wu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Influence of pH on the Motion of Catalytic Janus Particles and Tubular Bubble-Propelled Micromotors

(2015) James Guo Sheng Moo et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Catalytic Mesoporous Janus Nanomotors for Active Cargo Delivery

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

Enzyme-Powered Hollow Mesoporous Janus Nanomotors

(2015) Xing Ma et al.   NANO LETTERS

Micromotors working in water through artificial aerobic metabolism

(2015) D. Yamamoto et al.   Nanoscale

Ultrasound-Propelled Nanocups for Drug Delivery

(2015) James J. Kwan et al.   Small

Trajectory Control of Self-Propelled Micromotors Using AC Electrokinetics

(2015) Yoshitaka Yoshizumi et al.   Small

Self-Assembly of Micromachining Systems Powered by Janus Micromotors

(2015) Claudio Maggi et al.   Small

pH-Taxis of Biohybrid Microsystems

(2015) Jiang Zhuang et al.   Scientific Reports

Preparation of EngineeredSalmonella Typhimurium-Driven Hyaluronic-Acid-Based Microbeads with Both Chemotactic and Biological Targeting Towards Breast Cancer Cells for Enhanced Anticancer Therapy

(2015) Saji Uthaman et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

Biohybrid Janus Motors Driven byEscherichia coli

(2015) Morgan M. Stanton et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

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

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

Self-propelled particles that transport cargo through flowing blood and halt hemorrhage

(2015) J. R. Baylis et al.   Science Advances

Artificial rheotaxis

(2015) J. Palacci et al.   Science Advances

Magnetic Helical Micro- and Nanorobots: Toward Their Biomedical Applications

(2015) Famin Qiu et al.   Engineering

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

Water-Driven Micromotors for Rapid Photocatalytic Degradation of Biological and Chemical Warfare Agents

(2014) Jinxing Li et al.   ACS Nano

Motorized Janus metal organic framework crystals

(2014) Tristan T. Y. Tan et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

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

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

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

(2014) Hong Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Selecting the Swimming Mechanisms of Colloidal Particles: Bubble Propulsion versus Self-Diffusiophoresis

(2014) Sijia Wang et al.   LANGMUIR

Self-Propelling Nanomotors in the Presence of Strong Brownian Forces

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

Geometric asymmetry driven Janus micromotors

(2014) Guanjia Zhao et al.   Nanoscale

Improving catalase-based propelled motor endurance by enzyme encapsulation

(2014) Juliane Simmchen et al.   Nanoscale

Polarization of active Janus particles

(2014) Thomas Bickel et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Self-Propelled Activated Carbon Janus Micromotors for Efficient Water Purification

(2014) Beatriz Jurado-Sánchez et al.   Small

Janus Nematic Colloids with Designable Valence

(2014) Simon Čopar et al.   Materials

Effect of surfactants on the performance of tubular and spherical micromotors – a comparative study

(2014) Juliane Simmchen et al.   RSC Advances

Janus particle microshuttle: 1D directional self-propulsion modulated by AC electrical field

(2014) Jiliang Chen et al.   AIP Advances

Bipolar Electrochemistry: From Materials Science to Motion and Beyond

(2013) Gabriel Loget et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Directed Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles for Nanomotors

(2013) Bin Dong et al.   ACS Nano

Chemotactic Behavior of Catalytic Motors in Microfluidic Channels

(2013) Larysa Baraban 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

Selective bacterial patterning using the submerged properties of microbeads on agarose gel

(2013) Sung Jun Park et al.   BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES

Motility analysis of bacteria-based microrobot (bacteriobot) using chemical gradient microchamber

(2013) Daechul Park et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Organized Self-Assembly of Janus Micromotors with Hydrophobic Hemispheres

(2013) Wei Gao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Transition between Collective Behaviors of Micromotors in Response to Different Stimuli

(2013) Wentao Duan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

(2013) Wei Wang et al.   Nano Today

Seawater-driven magnesium based Janus micromotors for environmental remediation

(2013) Wei Gao et al.   Nanoscale

Living Crystals of Light-Activated Colloidal Surfers

(2013) J. Palacci et al.   SCIENCE

Microbubble-mediated ultrasound therapy: a review of its potential in cancer treatment

(2013) Stuart Ibsen et al.   Drug Design Development and Therapy

New paradigm for tumor theranostic methodology using bacteria-based microrobot

(2013) Sung Jun Park et al.   Scientific Reports

Autonomous Movement of Controllable Assembled Janus Capsule Motors

(2012) Yingjie Wu et al.   ACS Nano

Water-Driven Micromotors

(2012) Wei Gao et al.   ACS Nano

Catalytic Janus Motors on Microfluidic Chip: Deterministic Motion for Targeted Cargo Delivery

(2012) Larysa Baraban et al.   ACS Nano

Fuel-Free Locomotion of Janus Motors: Magnetically Induced Thermophoresis

(2012) Larysa Baraban et al.   ACS Nano

Effect of body shape on the motile behavior of bacteria-powered swimming microrobots (BacteriaBots)

(2012) Ali Sahari et al.   BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES

Chemotactic steering of bacteria propelled microbeads

(2012) Dongwook Kim et al.   BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES

Bacterial Thermotaxis by Speed Modulation

(2012) Mahmut Demir et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Control over Janus micromotors by the strength of a magnetic field

(2012) Larysa Baraban et al.   Nanoscale

Bio-inspired magnetic swimming microrobots for biomedical applications

(2012) Kathrin E. Peyer et al.   Nanoscale

Autonomous movement of platinum-loaded stomatocytes

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

Bubble Driven Quasioscillatory Translational Motion of Catalytic Micromotors

(2012) Manoj Manjare et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Collective Behavior of Thermally Active Colloids

(2012) Ramin Golestanian   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Multi-Fuel Driven Janus Micromotors

(2012) Wei Gao et al.   Small

Asymmetric Hybrid Silica Nanomotors for Capture and Cargo Transport: Towards a Novel Motion-Based DNA Sensor

(2012) Juliane Simmchen et al.   Small

A Polymerization-Powered Motor

(2011) Ryan A. Pavlick et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Computational and experimental study of chemotaxis of an ensemble of bacteria attached to a microbead

(2011) Mahama A. Traoré et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Enabling Cargo-Carrying Bacteria via Surface Attachment and Triggered Release

(2011) Rohan Fernandes et al.   Small

Microswimmers in patterned environments

(2011) Giovanni Volpe et al.   Soft Matter

Transport of cargo by catalytic Janus micro-motors

(2011) L. Baraban et al.   Soft Matter

Electric field-induced chemical locomotion of conducting objects

(2011) Gabriel Loget et al.   Nature Communications

Light-Driven Titanium-Dioxide-Based Reversible Microfireworks and Micromotor/Micropump Systems

(2010) Yiying Hong et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Review Article—Dielectrophoresis: Status of the theory, technology, and applications

(2010) Ronald Pethig   Biomicrofluidics

Motion Analysis of Self-Propelled Pt−Silica Particles in Hydrogen Peroxide Solutions

(2010) Hua Ke et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Propulsion of Microobjects by Dynamic Bipolar Self-Regeneration

(2010) Gabriel Loget et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Janus Nematic Colloids driven by light

(2010) M. Conradi et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Self-assembled autonomous runners and tumblers

(2010) Stephen Ebbens et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Active Motion of a Janus Particle by Self-Thermophoresis in a Defocused Laser Beam

(2010) Hong-Ren Jiang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Catalytic Nanomotors: Self-Propelled Sphere Dimers

(2010) Leonardo F. Valadares et al.   Small

Schooling Behavior of Light-Powered Autonomous Micromotors in Water

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

Autonomously motile catalytic nanomotors by bubble propulsion

(2009) J. G. Gibbs et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Enhanced speed of bimetallic nanorod motors by surface roughening

(2009) Nicole S. Zacharia et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Flagellated Magnetotactic Bacteria as Controlled MRI-trackable Propulsion and Steering Systems for Medical Nanorobots Operating in the Human Microvasculature

(2009) Sylvain Martel et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS RESEARCH

Powering Nanorobots

(2009) Thomas E. Mallouk et al.   SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

Catalytic Microtubular Jet Engines Self-Propelled by Accumulated Gas Bubbles

(2009) Alexander A. Solovev et al.   Small

Carbon-Nanotube-Induced Acceleration of Catalytic Nanomotors

(2008) Rawiwan Laocharoensuk et al.   ACS Nano

Versatile Approach for Integrative and Functionalized Tubes by Strain Engineering of Nanomembranes on Polymers

(2008) Yongfeng Mei et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Recent progress in tumor pH targeting nanotechnology

(2008) Eun Seong Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE

Autonomous propulsion of carbon nanotubes powered by a multienzyme ensemble

(2007) Davide Pantarotto et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS