Waveguide Photoactuators: Materials, Fabrication, and Applications
Waveguide photoactuators convert guided light into mechanical motion. Their tethered‐flexible design enables minimally invasive surgery and confined‐space robotics. This review aims to guide materials selection, device design, and system integration, accelerating the transition of waveguide photoactuators from laboratory prototypes to versatile ...
Minjie Xi +4 more
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Beyond SWS1 Cones: Canonical and Noncanonical Routes of Ultraviolet Sensitivity in the Avian Retina. [PDF]
Zueva L +3 more
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Cross‐Scale Hierarchical Targeted Delivery System Based on Small‐Scale Magnetic Robots
This article reviews a cross‐scale hierarchical targeted delivery system that integrates magnetic continuum robots and magnetic microrobots. By combining rapid long‐range navigation with precise microscale targeting, the system overcomes key limitations of single‐scale approaches.
Junjian Zhou +4 more
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Strategies towards designing visible and near-infrared light driven molecular motors.
Tu Y +4 more
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Activating Photoreaction of Indazole Metastable-State Photoacid through Two-Photon Excitation. [PDF]
Ma YZ, Liyanage P, Liao Y.
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Autonomous Navigation of Pollen‐Inspired Magnetic Microrobots for Biomedical Applications
A sunflower pollen‐inspired magnetic microrobot enables controlled rolling navigation in vessel‐like environments. Its open geometry reduces hydrodynamic drag, while vision‐based closed‐loop control, shortest‐path planning, and reinforcement learning support target‐reaching and maze navigation with microrobot‐scale accuracy, highlighting a route toward
Ali Anil Demircali +6 more
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Measurement-Aware Computational Modeling for Optical Spectrometry in Scattering-Dominated Systems. [PDF]
Wang A +5 more
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A magnetic donut‐like millirobot is developed for label‐free pick‐and‐place of a tumor spheroid wirelessly controlled by a magnetic trap. Spheroids are important 3D multicellular culture systems that recapitulate key structural and functional features of native tissues.
Yue Gao +8 more
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Amorphous pyrano[3,2-c]quinoline-semicarbazone thin films switch from uniform to heterogeneous morphology and optical modulation upon copper coordination. [PDF]
El-Saady AA +5 more
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Force–Displacement Characterization of PNIPAM Microactuators
A method to experimentally establish a force–displacement diagram of poly(N‐isopropyl acrylamide) (PNIPAM) microactuators, printed by 2PP, is presented herein. PNIPAM is a hydrogel whose volume and stiffness change with temperature due to the absorption or release of water.
Manon Cassignol +4 more
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