Multifunctional and biodegradable self-propelled protein motors

Squid-Inspired Tandem Repeat Proteins: Functional Fibers and Films

(2019) Abdon Pena-Francesch et al.   Frontiers in Chemistry

3D-Printed Biodegradable Microswimmer for Theranostic Cargo Delivery and Release

(2019) Hakan Ceylan et al.   ACS Nano

Small-Scale Machines Driven by External Power Sources

(2018) Xiang-Zhong Chen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Micro- and Nanomotors as Active Environmental Microcleaners and Sensors

(2018) Jemish Parmar et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Micromotors for environmental applications: a review

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

Mechanical Properties of Tandem-Repeat Proteins Are Governed by Network Defects

(2018) Abdon Pena-Francesch et al.   ACS Biomaterials-Science & Engineering

Research Update: Programmable tandem repeat proteins inspired by squid ring teeth

(2018) Abdon Pena-Francesch et al.   APL Materials

Mechanical Properties of Tandem-Repeat Proteins Are Governed by Network Defects

(2018) Abdon Pena-Francesch et al.   ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering

Tunable thermal transport and reversible thermal conductivity switching in topologically networked bio-inspired materials

(2018) John A. Tomko et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

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

(2018) Zhiguang Wu et al.   Science Advances

Laser-Induced Thermocapillary Convective Flows: A New Approach for Noncontact Actuation at Microscale at the Fluid/Gas Interface

(2017) Ronald Terrazas Mallea et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

Mobile microrobots for bioengineering applications

(2017) Hakan Ceylan et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Artificially Engineered Protein Polymers

(2017) Yun Jung Yang et al.   Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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

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

Hexafluoroisopropanol as a highly versatile solvent

(2017) Ignacio Colomer et al.   Nature Reviews Chemistry

Self-propelled ion gel at air-water interface

(2017) Kazuaki Furukawa et al.   Scientific Reports

Programmable assembly of heterogeneous microparts by an untethered mobile capillary microgripper

(2016) Joshua Giltinan et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Graphene-Based Microbots for Toxic Heavy Metal Removal and Recovery from Water

(2016) Diana Vilela et al.   NANO LETTERS

Molecular tandem repeat strategy for elucidating mechanical properties of high-strength proteins

(2016) Huihun Jung et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Swimming Droplets

(2016) Corinna C. Maass et al.   Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics

Biomimetic Locomotion on Water of a Porous Natural Polymeric Composite

(2016) Ioannis L. Liakos et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Self-propelled chelation platforms for efficient removal of toxic metals

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

Artificial Micromotors in the Mouse’s Stomach: A Step toward in Vivo Use of Synthetic Motors

(2015) Wei Gao et al.   ACS Nano

Impact of silk biomaterial structure on proteolysis

(2015) Joseph Brown et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Assessment of exposure to heavy metals and health risks among residents near Tonglushan mine in Hubei, China

(2015) Li-Mei Cai et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Insight into the beneficial immunomodulatory mechanism of the sevoflurane metabolite hexafluoro-2-propanol in a rat model of endotoxaemia

(2015) M. Urner et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY

Peptide–Metal Organic Framework Swimmers that Direct the Motion toward Chemical Targets

(2015) Yasuhiro Ikezoe et al.   NANO LETTERS

pH-Taxis of Biohybrid Microsystems

(2015) Jiang Zhuang et al.   Scientific Reports

Pressure Sensitive Adhesion of an Elastomeric Protein Complex Extracted From Squid Ring Teeth

(2014) Abdon Pena-Francesch et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Materials Fabrication from Native and Recombinant Thermoplastic Squid Proteins

(2014) Abdon Pena-Francesch et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Chemical Energy Powered Nano/Micro/Macromotors and the Environment

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

Self-propulsion on liquid surfaces

(2014) Véronique Pimienta et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN COLLOID & INTERFACE SCIENCE

Accelerating the design of biomimetic materials by integrating RNA-seq with proteomics and materials science

(2013) Paul A Guerette et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Intravenous Application of a Primary Sevoflurane Metabolite Improves Outcome in Murine Septic Peritonitis: First Results

(2013) Inge K. Herrmann et al.   PLoS One

Autonomous motors of a metal–organic framework powered by reorganization of self-assembled peptides at interfaces

(2012) Yasuhiro Ikezoe et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Micro-assembly using optically controlled bubble microrobots

(2011) Wenqi Hu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

External-Energy-Independent Polymer Capsule Motors and Their Cooperative Behaviors

(2011) Guanjia Zhao et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Viscous Marangoni propulsion

(2011) Eric Lauga et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS

An overview of pulmonary surfactant in the neonate: Genetics, metabolism, and the role of surfactant in health and disease

(2009) Paul O. Nkadi et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND METABOLISM

Controlled Propulsion of Artificial Magnetic Nanostructured Propellers

(2009) Ambarish Ghosh et al.   NANO LETTERS

Solvent Driven Motion of Lithographically Fabricated Gels

(2008) Noy Bassik et al.   LANGMUIR