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Light-Powered Self-Adaptive Mesostructured Microrobots for Simultaneous Microplastics Trapping and Fragmentation via in situ Surface Morphing
(WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, 2023-09-20)Microplastics, which comprise one of the omnipresent threats to human health, are diverse in shape and composition. Their negative impacts on human and ecosystem health provide ample incentive to design and execute strategies ... -
Copper 3D-Printed Electrodes for Ammonia Electrosynthesis via Nitrate Reduction
(American Chemical Society, 2023-05-08)Ammonia is critical to the world economy. However, nowadays the production of ammonia is exclusively carried out by the well-known Haber-Bosch process, which is an energy-intensive process that leads to a large amount of ... -
Light-powered swarming phoretic antimony chalcogenide-based microrobots with "on-the-fly" photodegradation abilities
(ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY, 2023-03-23)Microrobots are at the forefront of research for biomedical and environmental applications. Whereas a single microrobot exhibits quite low performance in the large-scale environment, swarms of microrobots are representing ... -
Nanostructured Hybrid BioBots for Beer Brewing
(American Chemical Society, 2023-04-25)The brewing industry will amass a revenue above 500 billion euros in 2022, and the market is expected to grow annually. This industrial process is based on a slow sugar fermentation by yeast (commonly Saccharomyces ... -
Magnetically Driven Self-Degrading Zinc-Containing Cystine Microrobots for Treatment of Prostate Cancer
(WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, 2023-04-01)Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed tumor disease in men, and its treatment is still a big challenge in standard oncology therapy. Magnetically actuated microrobots represent the most promising technology in ... -
Engineering 3D Printed Structures Towards Electrochemically Driven Green Ammonia Synthesis: A Perspective
(Wiley-VCH, 2023-07-01)Broadening scope of 3D printing technology is recently identified as a potential strategy to mitigate concerns in the light of rising energy crisis and environmental imbalances. The importance of ammonia as a hydrogen ... -
Metal oxide single-component light-powered micromotors for photocatalytic degradation of nitroaromatic pollutants
(Springer Nature, 2023-03-14)Mass transfer is a key parameter in heterogeneous reactions. Micro/nanomachines, a promising technology for environmental applications, significantly enhance the performance of conventional purification treatments because ... -
Facet nanoarchitectonics of visible-light driven Ag3PO4 photocatalytic micromotors: Tuning motion for biofilm eradication
(NATURE PORTFOLIO, 2022-12-01)The customized design of micro-/nanomotors represents one of the main research topics in the field of micro-/nanomotors; however, the effects of different crystal facets on micromotor movement are often neglected. In this ... -
Micro- and Nanorobots Meet DNA
(Wiley VCH, 2022-09-01)DNA, the well-known molecule that carries the genetic information of almost all forms of life, represents a pivotal element in formulating intelligent and versatile micro/nanorobotic systems. DNA-functionalized micro/nanorobots ... -
Self-Propelled Multifunctional Microrobots Harboring Chiral Supramolecular Selectors for "Enantiorecogniton-on-the-Fly"
(Wiley-VCH, 2022-02-01)Herein, a general procedure for the synthesis of multifunctional MRs, which simultaneously exhibit i) chiral, ii) magnetic, and iii) fluorescent properties in combination with iv) self-propulsion, is reported. Self-propelled ... -
Faceted Crystal Nanoarchitectonics of Organic-Inorganic 3D-Printed Visible-Light Photocatalysts
(American Chemical Society, 2022-03-28)Facet-dependent photocatalytic properties are intrinsic characteristics of several inorganic semiconductors. Herein, faceted crystal engineering and 3D-printing technology have been combined for the fabrication of the first ... -
Functional metal-based 3D-printed electronics engineering: Tunability and bio-recognition
(Elsevier, 2022-08-01)3D-printing technology has brought light to the large-scale and sustainable production of a wide range of low-cost electronic devices with custom forms on-demand. Despite the current availability of mainstream carbon-based ... -
Electrically reading a light-driven molecular switch on 2D-Ti3C2Tx MXene via molecular engineering: towards responsive MXetronics
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2022-08-17)The contemporary digital revolution, which demands for miniaturized electronics, has prompted the search for molecule-based nanomaterials that handle some of the computational logic functions-which relates the concept of ... -
Design of bimetallic 3D-printed electrocatalysts via galvanic replacement to enhance energy conversion systems
(Elsevier, 2022-11-05)3D-printing (also known as additive manufacturing) has recently emerged as an appealing technology to fight against the mainstream use of carbon-based fossil fuels by the large-scale, decentralized, and sustainable ... -
Shape-Controlled Self-Assembly of Light-Powered Microrobots into Ordered Microchains for Cells Transport and Water Remediation
(American Chemical Society, 2022-05-24)Nature presents the collective behavior of living organisms aiming to accomplish complex tasks, inspiring the development of cooperative micro/nanorobots. Herein, the spontaneous assembly of hematite-based microrobots with ... -
Nano/Microplastics Capture and Degradation by Autonomous Nano/Microrobots: A Perspective
(Wiley VCH, 2022-05-14)The growing use of plastic materials has led to the continuous accumulation of wastes in marine environments, which fragment into hazardous micro-and nanoplastics. These plastic particles absorb toxic organic pollutants ... -
Light-Propelled Nanorobots for Facial Titanium Implants Biofilms Removal
(Wiley VCH, 2022-06-01)Titanium miniplates are biocompatible materials used in modern oral and maxillofacial surgery to treat facial bone fractures. However, plate removal is often required due to implant complications. Among them, a biofilm ... -
Pick up and dispose of pollutants from water via temperature-responsive micellar copolymers on magnetite nanorobots
(Springer Nature, 2022-03-01)Pesticide and heavy metal pollution in water can cause environmental and public health issues. Here, the authors report thermoresponsive magnetic nanorobots that can efficiently pick up and dispose of pollutants from water ... -
Trapping and detecting nanoplastics by MXene-derived oxide microrobots
(Springer Nature, 2022-06-22)Nanoplastic water pollution represents an increasing concern. Here, photogravitactic MXene-derived microrobots are programmed to trap nanoplastics in the layered structure and magnetically transfer them to low-cost electrodes ... -
Versatile Design of Functional Organic-Inorganic 3D-Printed (Opto)Electronic Interfaces with Custom Catalytic Activity
(Wiley-VCH, 2021-10-01)The ability to combine organic and inorganic components in a single material represents a great step toward the development of advanced (opto)electronic systems. Nowadays, 3D-printing technology has generated a revolution ...