Artikel: Soft microswimmers: Material capabilities and biomedical applications
Current opinion in colloid & interface science. 2022,
2022
Abstract: In the last decades, microrobotics has attracted much attention of researchers due to the unique characteristics of shapes, propulsion mechanisms, and potential applications in the biomedical field. Recently, the research of microrobots has shifted to ... ...
Abstract | In the last decades, microrobotics has attracted much attention of researchers due to the unique characteristics of shapes, propulsion mechanisms, and potential applications in the biomedical field. Recently, the research of microrobots has shifted to soft microrobots owing to their softness, elasticity and reconfigurability benefiting to interact with the complex channels in the human body compared to their rigid counterparts. There is significant progress on soft microswimmers and that encourages us to review this field timely to promote the development. In this review, we mainly highlight the progress of the soft microswimmers in recent years. The materials with softness, deformability and shape-morphing characteristics are surveyed as well as biocompatibility, followed by standard fabrication methods. Additionally, the locomotion based on self-propelled and external-field-driven mechanisms has been compared and discussed. Finally, the biomedical applications in imaging, targeted drug delivery and therapy, and microsurgery are highlighted followed by addressing the perspectives. |
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Schlagwörter | biocompatibility ; drugs ; hardness ; humans ; locomotion ; therapeutics |
Sprache | Englisch |
Erscheinungsort | Elsevier Ltd |
Dokumenttyp | Artikel |
Anmerkung | Pre-press version |
ZDB-ID | 2019683-0 |
ISSN | 1359-0294 |
ISSN | 1359-0294 |
DOI | 10.1016/j.cocis.2022.101609 |
Datenquelle | NAL Katalog (AGRICOLA) |
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