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Application of micro/nanomotors in environmental remediation

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Towards micromachine intelligence: potential of polymers

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Enzyme-driven micro/nanomotors: Recent advances and biomedical applications

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Design and fabrication of micro/nano-motors for environmental and sensing applications

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Micro/nanomotors: A novel platform for food safety detection and auxiliary processing

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High-efficiency removal of organic pollutants by visible-light-driven tubular heterogeneous micromotors through a photocatalytic Fenton process

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Manganese‐Based Micro/Nanomotors: Synthesis, Motion, and Applications

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Efficient removal of Hg2+, Cu2+ and Cd2+ from aqueous solutions with polyaspartic acid: Influencing factors and mechanism analysis

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Smart micro- and nanorobots for water purification

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Novel α-amino acid-like structure decorated biochar for heavy metal remediation in acid soil

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Biocompatible micromotors for biosensing

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Honeycomb porous L-cysteine bridged chitosan/Mg-Al hydrotalcite composite foam for efficient biosorption of U(VI) from aqueous solution

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Hybrid magneto-photocatalytic microrobots for sunscreens pollutants decontamination

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Hazardous material and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear incident readiness among prehospital care professionals in the State of Qatar

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Simultaneous Removal of Antibiotics and Heavy Metals with Poly(Aspartic Acid)‐Based Fenton Micromotors

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Light hybrid micro/nano-robots: From propulsion to functional signals

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Advanced micromotor platforms for water quality detection and remediation

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Photocatalysis dramatically influences motion of magnetic microrobots: Application to removal of microplastics and dyes

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Modification of biochar with Fe3O4 and humic acid-salt for removal of mercury from aqueous solutions: a review

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Nanomotor-based adsorbent for blood Lead(II) removal in vitro and in pig models

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Visible Light-Driven Micromotor with Incident-Angle-Controlled Motion and Dynamic Collective Behavior

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Enhanced degradation of organic pollutant by bimetallic catalysts decorated micromotor in advanced oxidation processes

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PEI modified magnetic porous cassava residue microspheres for adsorbing Cd(II) from aqueous solution

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Interfacial and build-in electric fields rooting in gradient polyelectrolyte hydrogel boosted heavy metal removal

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Confined Tri‐Functional FeOx@MnO2@SiO2 Flask Micromotors for Long‐Lasting Motion and Catalytic Reactions

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Hydrothermal synthesis of a nickel-oxide-infused orange peel nanobiocomposite for enhanced heavy metal removal from mining wastewater

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Halloysite-Based Nanomotors with Embedded Palladium Nanoparticles for Selective Benzyl Alcohol Oxidation

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Cost-effective sodium alginate-based hydrogel microrobot for multidirectional motion, high-efficiency Cd (II) adsorption and fluorescent detection

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Technology Roadmap of Micro/Nanorobots

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Micro/Nanorobotics in Environmental Water Governance: Nanoengineering Strategies for Pollution Control

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Polyaspartic acid enhances the Cd phytoextraction efficiency of Bidens pilosa by remolding the rhizospheric environment and reprogramming plant metabolism

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Reclamation of Post-Technological Landscapes: International Experience

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Light‐Driven MXene‐Based Microrobots: Mineralization of Bisphenol A to CO2 and H2O

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Soft Magnetic Microrobots for Photoactive Pollutant Removal

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Microplastic Removal and Degradation by Mussel‐Inspired Adhesive Magnetic/Enzymatic Microrobots

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Micro/nanomotors for metal ion detection and removal from water: A review

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External power-driven micro/nanorobots: Design, fabrication, and functionalization for tumor diagnosis and therapy

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Swarming Magnetically Navigated Indigo-Based Hydrophobic Microrobots for Oil Removal

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Characterization of Modified Mechanically Activated Cassava Starch Magnetic Porous Microspheres and Its Adsorption for Cd(II) Ions

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The Mechanism of Nickel in Nickel-Pyrene-Contaminated Soil Remediated by Bidens pilosa L. with Applying Polyaspartic Acid, Aminotriacetic Acid, and Tea Saponin

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Self‐Propelled Micro‐/Nanomotors as “On‐the‐Move” Platforms: Cleaners, Sensors, and Reactors

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Pick up and dispose of pollutants from water via temperature-responsive micellar copolymers on magnetite nanorobots

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BioTemplated Fe3+-Doped g-C3N4 Heterojunction Micromotors for the Degradation of Tetracycline through the Photo-Fenton Reaction

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Exploration of the applications of micro/nanomotors-based smart devices in solid-phase extraction techniques

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Micromotor‐in‐Sponge Platform for Multicycle Large‐Volume Degradation of Organic Pollutants

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Recent development of autonomously driven micro/nanobots for efficient treatment of polluted water

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γ-Fe2O3@Ag-mSiO2NH2 magnetic Janus micromotor for active water remediation

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Applied Materials Today, 2021, 25, 101190
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Modified magnetic-metal organic framework as a green and efficient adsorbent for removal of heavy metals

Elham Ragheb, Mojtaba Shamsipur, Fahimeh Jalali and Farimah Mousavi

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2022, 10, 107297
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