Microrobots Derived from Variety Plant Pollen Grains for Efficient Environmental Clean Up and as an Anti‐Cancer Drug Carrier

Targeting and isolation of cancer cells using micro/nanomotors

(2018) Weiwei Gao et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

Nanorobots Constructed from Nanoclay: Using Nature to Create Self-Propelled Autonomous Nanomachines

(2018) Tijana Maric et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Image-guided thermosensitive liposomes for focused ultrasound drug delivery: Using NIRF-labelled lipids and topotecan to visualise the effects of hyperthermia in tumours

(2018) Miguel N. Centelles et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE

Micro- and Nanomotors as Active Environmental Microcleaners and Sensors

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

Nanoscale active matter matters: Challenges and opportunities for self-propelled nanomotors

(2018) Ibon Santiago   Nano Today

Extraction of cage-like sporopollenin exine capsules from dandelion pollen grains

(2018) Tengfei Fan et al.   Scientific Reports

A Supramolecular Approach to Nanoscale Motion: Polymersome-Based Self-Propelled Nanomotors

(2018) Isamar Ortiz-Rivera et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Macromolecular Microencapsulation Using Pine Pollen: Loading Optimization and Controlled Release with Natural Materials

(2018) Arun K. Prabhakar et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Self-Propelled Nanomotors for Thermomechanically Percolating Cell Membranes

(2018) Mingjun Xuan et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Spatially Controlled Molecular Encapsulation in Natural Pine Pollen Microcapsules

(2018) Arun Kumar Prabhakar et al.   PARTICLE & PARTICLE SYSTEMS CHARACTERIZATION

Extracts of different pollen species and their effect on human tear fluid and an epithelial cell line

(2018) Dieter Franz Rabensteiner et al.   Cutaneous and Ocular Toxicology

Platinum-Halloysite Nanoclay Nanojets as Sensitive and Selective Mobile Nanosensors for Mercury Detection

(2018) Tijana Maric et al.   Advanced Materials Technologies

From pollen grains to functionalized microcapsules: a facile chemical route using ionic liquids

(2017) Cinzia Chiappe et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Chemical processing strategies to obtain sporopollenin exine capsules from multi-compartmental pine pollen

(2017) Arun Kumar Prabhakar et al.   JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY

High precision, localized proton gradients and fluxes generated by a microelectrode device induce differential growth behaviors of pollen tubes

(2017) Chengzhi Hu et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

A new pollen-derived microcarrier for pantoprazole delivery

(2017) Lalehan Akyuz et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

Ultrasound-propelled nanowire motors enhance asparaginase enzymatic activity against cancer cells

(2017) Murat Uygun et al.   Nanoscale

Carbon Allotrope Nanomaterials Based Catalytic Micromotors

(2016) R. Maria-Hormigos et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Encapsulation and controlled release formulations of 5-fluorouracil from natural Lycopodium clavatum spores

(2016) Raghavendra C. Mundargi et al.   JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY

Sporopollenin, a Natural Copolymer, is Robust under High Hydrostatic Pressure

(2016) Wren Montgomery et al.   MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

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

(2016) Diana Vilela et al.   NANO LETTERS

Self-propelled chelation platforms for efficient removal of toxic metals

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

Highly Efficient Light-Driven TiO2–Au Janus Micromotors

(2015) Renfeng Dong et al.   ACS Nano

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

(2015) Fangzhi Mou et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Self-Propelled Micro-/Nanomotors Based on Controlled Assembled Architectures

(2015) Xiankun Lin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Medibots: Dual-Action Biogenic Microdaggers for Single-Cell Surgery and Drug Release

(2015) Sarvesh Kumar Srivastava et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Near-Infrared-Activated Nanocalorifiers in Microcapsules: Vapor Bubble Generation for In Vivo Enhanced Cancer Therapy

(2015) Jingxin Shao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Marangoni Flow Induced Collective Motion of Catalytic Micromotors

(2015) Manoj Manjare et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Sporopollenin, The Least Known Yet Toughest Natural Biopolymer

(2015) Grahame Mackenzie et al.   Frontiers in Materials

Nano/Micromotors in (Bio)chemical Science Applications

(2014) Maria Guix et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Efficient Biocatalytic Degradation of Pollutants by Enzyme-Releasing Self-Propelled Motors

(2014) Jahir Orozco et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

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

Dual-enzyme natural motors incorporating decontamination and propulsion capabilities

(2014) Sirilak Sattayasamitsathit et al.   RSC Advances

Self-Propelled Micromotors for Cleaning Polluted Water

(2013) Lluís Soler et al.   ACS Nano

Graphene: Safe or Toxic? The Two Faces of the Medal

(2013) Alberto Bianco   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Phytoremediation of heavy metals—Concepts and applications

(2013) Hazrat Ali et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Catalytic Nanoshell Micromotors

(2013) Weijie Huang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Superhydrophobic Alkanethiol-Coated Microsubmarines for Effective Removal of Oil

(2012) Maria Guix et al.   ACS Nano

Bubble Driven Quasioscillatory Translational Motion of Catalytic Micromotors

(2012) Manoj Manjare et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Bacterial Isolation by Lectin-Modified Microengines

(2011) Susana Campuzano et al.   NANO LETTERS

Catalytic Nanomotors: Self-Propelled Sphere Dimers

(2010) Leonardo F. Valadares et al.   Small