Matter, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 8(4), P. 102045 - 102045
Published: April 1, 2025
Language: Английский
Cyborg and Bionic Systems, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 5
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Untethered and self-transformable miniature robots are capable of performing reconfigurable deformation on-demand locomotion, which aid the traversal toward various lumens, bring revolutionary changes for targeted delivery in gastrointestinal (GI) tract. However, viscous non-Newtonian liquid environment plicae gastricae obstacles severely hamper high-precision actuation payload delivery. Here, we developed a low-friction soft robot by assembly densely arranged cone structures grafting hydrophobic monolayers. The magnetic orientation encoded can move multiple modes, with substantially reduced drag, terrain adaptability, improved motion velocity across liquids. Notably, stiffness be reversibly controlled magnetically induced hardening, enabling on-site scratching destruction antibiotic-ineradicable polymeric matrix biofilms low-frequency field. Furthermore, magnetocaloric effect utilized to eradicate bacteria under high-frequency alternating To verify potential applications inside body, clinical imaging-guided platforms were vision-based control robots. show their high perform bacterial infection therapy lumens body.
Language: Английский
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Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 36(35)
Published: May 9, 2024
The pursuit of constructing humanoid robots to replicate the anatomical structures and capabilities human beings has been a long-standing significant undertaking especially garnered tremendous attention in recent years. However, despite progress made over decades, have predominantly confined those rigid metallic structures, which however starkly contrast with inherent flexibility observed biological systems. To better innovate this area, present work systematically explores value potential liquid metals their derivatives facilitating crucial transition towards soft robots. Through comprehensive interpretation bionics, an overview metals' multifaceted roles as essential components advanced robots-functioning actuators, sensors, power sources, logical devices, circuit systems, even transformable skeletal structures-is presented. It is conceived that integration these flexible facilitated by unique properties metals, can create unexpected versatile functionalities behaviors fulfill needs. Finally, revolution envisioned, transitioning from frameworks hybrid soft-rigid resembling tissues. This study expected provide fundamental guidance for coming research, thereby advancing area.
Language: Английский
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Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12
Published: Jan. 25, 2024
The development of micro/nanorobots and their application in medical treatment holds the promise revolutionizing disease diagnosis treatment. In comparison to conventional diagnostic methods, exhibit immense potential due small size ability penetrate deep tissues. However, transition this technology from laboratory clinical applications presents significant challenges. This paper provides a comprehensive review research progress micro/nanorobotics, encompassing biosensors, diagnostics, targeted drug delivery, minimally invasive surgery. It also addresses key issues challenges facing technology. fusion with treatments is poised have profound impact on future medicine.
Language: Английский
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International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 272, P. 109136 - 109136
Published: Feb. 23, 2024
Language: Английский
Citations
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Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Sept. 23, 2024
Thrombosis is a significant threat to human health. However, the existing clinical treatment methods have limitations. Magnetic soft matter used in biomedical field for years, and ferromagnetic liquids exhibit tunable stiffness on-demand movement advantages under magnetic fields. In this study, liquid robot (FMLR) developed applied it thrombus removal complex blood vessels. The FMLR consisted of Fe
Language: Английский
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Advanced Functional Materials, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 34(37)
Published: May 15, 2024
Abstract Epidermal electronics has garnered significant research attention due to its promising applications in wearable human‐machine interfaces and intelligent healthcare sensing. However, their widespread use faces challenges complex manufacturing processes, high material costs, inadaptability different skin surfaces, inadequate reusability. Herein, inspired by the biological reshapability environmental adaptability of amoeba, an ultra‐deformable (≈2600% strain), bioadhesive (adhesive strength ≈3 kPa), strong self‐healing (fastest recovery time ≈1s, maximum wound distance ≈5 mm), electromechanical‐durable electronic slime (E‐slime) is proposed, which can instantaneously form on‐skin situ detect body motion physiological signals. E‐slime demonstrates desired sensing performance with sensitivity (gauge factor 2.95), wide range (up 400% low detection limit (≈1% seamlessly adhere be easily reused multiple times (≈100 cycles usage). also enables on‐the‐fly deployment monitoring tasks at various locations, showcasing versatility reliability for recognition personal health monitoring. This study holds potential next‐generation green electronics, devices, interfaces, ultimately helping ensure healthy lives promote well‐being.
Language: Английский
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Research, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 6
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
Magnetically actuated mobile robots demonstrate attractive advantages in various medical applications due to their wireless and programmable executions with tiny sizes. Confronted complex application scenarios, however, it requires more flexible adaptive deployment utilization methods fully exploit the functionalities brought by magnetic robots. Herein, we report a design strategy of soft using mixture particles non-Newtonian fluidic materials produce programmable, hardened, adhesive, reconfigurable For deployment, ultrasoft structure adhesion enable them be spread on surfaces, achieving actuation empowerment. The reported technology can potentially improve functionality robotic end-effectors functional surfaces. Experimental results that proposed could help grasp actuate objects 300 times heavier than weight. Furthermore, is first time have enhanced stiffness mechanical structures for these on-demand hardening, enabling maximize force outputs. These findings offer promising path understanding, designing, leveraging powerful applications.
Language: Английский
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Small, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 19(38)
Published: June 12, 2023
Microplastics, which comprise one of the omnipresent threats to human health, are diverse in shape and composition. Their negative impacts on ecosystem health provide ample incentive design execute strategies trap degrade diversely structured microplastics, especially from water. This work demonstrates fabrication single-component TiO2 superstructured microrobots photo-trap photo-fragment microplastics. In a single reaction, rod-like with multiple trapping sites, fabricated exploit asymmetry microrobotic system advantageous for propulsion. The synergistically photo-catalytically fragment microplastics water coordinated fashion. Hence, model "unity diversity" is demonstrated here phototrapping photofragmentation During light irradiation subsequent photocatalysis, surface morphology transformed into porous flower-like networks that degradation. reconfigurable technology represents significant step forward efforts
Language: Английский
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Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 11
Published: June 27, 2023
As nanotechnology develops in the fields of mechanical engineering, electrical information and communication, medical care, it has shown great promises. In recent years, nanorobots have made significant progress terms selection materials, fabrication methods, driving force sources, clinical applications, such as nanomedicine. It involves bypassing biological tissues delivering drugs directly to lesions target cells using nanorobots, thus increasing concentration. also proved useful for monitoring disease progression, complementary diagnosis, minimally invasive surgery. Also, we examine development nanomedicine its applications medicine, focusing on use treatment various major diseases, including how they are generalized modified. The purpose this review is provide a summary discussion current research future
Language: Английский
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Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 488, P. 150625 - 150625
Published: March 24, 2024
Language: Английский
Citations
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