Untethered small-scale Robots for biomedical applications / Haojian Lu, Xi'an Wang, and Shuailong Zhang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lu, Haojian, author.

Wang, Xian, author.

Zhang, Shuailong, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biomedical engineering.

Microrobots.

Robotics in medicine.

Robotics.

Medical Subjects:

Robotics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (164 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Kidlington, England : Elsevier Inc., [2023]

Summary:

Untethered Small-Scale Robots for Biomedical Applications introduces the principle, design, fabrication and application of small-scale robots for biomedical applications.Robots in the scale of nanometer, micrometer and millimeter are described in detail, along with their impact on the field of biomedical engineering.

Contents:

Front Cover

Untethered Small-Scale Robots for Biomedical Applications

Copyright

Contents

Contributors

1 Actuation and biomedical development of micro/nanorobots - a review

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Magnetic propulsion

1.2.1 Helical MNRs

1.2.2 Head-tail configuration MNRs

1.2.3 Magnetic surface walkers

1.3 Optical propulsion

1.3.1 Photocatalytic propulsion

1.3.2 Thermophoretic propulsion

1.4 Acoustic propulsion

1.5 Chemical propulsion

1.5.1 Bubble propulsion

1.5.2 Self-diffusiophoresis propulsion

1.5.3 Self-electrophoresis propulsion

1.6 Biological propulsion

1.7 Hybrid propulsion

1.8 Outlook

1.9 Conclusion

References

Biographies

2 Magnetic micro/nanorobots for intracellular and intraembryonic measurement

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Magnetic micromanipulation for intracellular mechanics measurement

2.2.1 Device design

2.2.2 Intracellular measurement

2.3 Magnetic micromanipulation for intracellular biochemical measurement

2.3.1 Device design

2.3.2 Intracellular biochemical measurement

2.4 Magnetic micromanipulation for intraembryonic mechanics measurement

2.4.1 Device design

2.4.2 Intraembryonic measurement

3 Ultra-extensible ribbon-like magnetic microswarm

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Results

3.3 Discussion

3.4 Methods

Acknowledgment

4 Biohybrid microrobots driven by sperm

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Design, fabrication, and control of spermBots

4.2.1 SpermBots utilizing motile sperm

4.2.2 Sperm-templated soft microrobots

4.2.3 Control

4.3 Potential applications of spermBots

4.4 Potential challenges of applying spermBots for in vivo applications

4.5 Conclusion

5 Minimalist milliscale robot construction by M-spray

5.1 Introduction

5.2 M-spray composition and characterization.

5.2.1 Materials and methods

5.2.2 Magnetization property

5.2.3 Adhesive property

5.2.4 Other mechanical properties

5.3 Roboticization of inanimate objects

5.3.1 Motion criterion of constructed milliscale robot

5.3.2 Demonstration of four common configurations

5.3.3 Locomotion ability in harsh conditions

5.4 Magnetization reprogramming and disintegration

5.4.1 Magnetization reprogramming

5.4.2 Magnetic-induced disintegration

5.5 Potential biomedical applications

5.5.1 M-spray-covered catheter for on-demand active navigating

5.5.2 M-spray-covered capsule for active delivery

5.5.3 In vivo drug delivery

5.6 Discussion

6 Microrobots and micromachines based on optoelectronic tweezers

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Mechanism of optoelectronic tweezers

6.2.1 Working mechanism

6.2.2 Device structure

6.3 Optoelectronic tweezers for micromanipulation

6.3.1 Cell sorting

6.3.2 Cell analysis

6.3.3 Cell electroporation

6.4 Optoelectronic microrobot and micromachines

6.4.1 Polymer-based microrobots

6.4.2 Hydrogel microrobots

6.5 Commercialization

6.6 Conclusions and outlook

7 Small-scale robots with programmable magnetization profiles

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Designs and fabrication techniques

7.2.1 Robot designs

7.2.2 Fabrication strategies

7.3 Modeling and controlling

7.4 Functionalities for biomedical applications

7.5 Perspectives and outlook

8 Conclusions

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Lu, Haojian Untethered Small-Scale Robots for Biomedical Applications

ISBN:

9780128221624

0128221623

OCLC:

1382695906