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Magnetic-acoustic actuated spinous microrobot for enhanced degradation of organic pollutants
Ultrasonics SonochemistryA growing interest in the development of efficient strategies for the removal of organic pollutants from polluted water is emerging. As such, artificial micro/nano machines performing excellent water purification tasks have recently attracted more ...
Shimin Yu, Mingyang Sui, Tianlong Li
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Performance Evaluation of a Magnetically Driven Microrobot for Targeted Drug Delivery
Micromachines, 2021 Given that the current microrobot cannot achieve fixed-point and quantitative drug application in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, a targeted drug delivery microrobot is proposed, and its principle and characteristics are studied.
Zhuocong Cai +6 more
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Pharmaceutics, 2022 The use of untethered microrobots for precise synergistic anticancer drug delivery and controlled release has attracted attention over the past decade. A high surface area of the microrobot is desirable to achieve greater therapeutic effect by increasing
Shirong Zheng +11 more
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Magnetically Driven Soft Continuum Microrobot for Intravascular Operations in Microscale
Cyborg and Bionic Systems, 2022 Remotely controlled soft continuum robots with active steering capability have broad prospects in medical applications. However, conventional continuum robots have the miniaturization challenge.
Dan Liu +6 more
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Micromachines, 2021 Cell-carrying magnet-driven microrobots are easily affected by blood flow or body fluids during transportation in the body, and thus cells often fall off from the microrobots. To reduce the loss of loaded cells, we developed a microrobot with a bioactive
Junyang Li +7 more
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A compact targeted drug delivery mechanism for a next generation wireless capsule endoscope [PDF]
, 2016 This paper reports a novel medication release and delivery mechanism as part of a next generation wireless capsule endoscope (WCE) for targeted drug delivery.
Constandinou, TG, Woods, S
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Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2021 Microrobots with simultaneously improved degradability and mechanical strength are highly demanded in performing in vivo delivery tasks in clinical applications. The properties of degradability and mechanical strength are contradictory for many materials
Tanyong Wei +6 more
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An aquatic microrobot for microscale flow manipulation
Scientific Reports, 2022 Microrobots have been developed and extensively employed for performing the variety tasks with various applications. However, the intricate fabrication and actuation processes employed for microrobots further restrict their multitudinous applicability as
Satishkumar Subendran +4 more
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Propulsion of a Magnetic Material-Applied Microrobot in a Tube Based on a Wireless Power Transfer System [PDF]
Journal of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science, 2022 Microrobots can be utilized in various applications, but their ability to move and perform tasks in various environments is especially important. In this paper, we introduce a 3-mm microrobot that can move in a liquid-filled tube, such as a vein, against
Dongwook Kim +2 more
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ROBOMECH Journal, 2019 This paper presents fabrication and actuation methods for a soft microrobot with a hybrid structure composed of soft microactuators and a rigid supporting body.
Tomoki Watanabe +2 more
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