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Highly efficient chemically-driven micromotors with controlled snowman-like morphology

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Bioinspired micro/nanomotors towards a self-propelled noninvasive diagnosis and treatment of cancer

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Open Questions of Chemically Powered Nano- and Micromotors

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Generic Rules for Distinguishing Autophoretic Colloidal Motors

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Simultaneous emergence of active turbulence and odd viscosity in a colloidal chiral active system

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Chemical Micromotors Move Faster at Oil–Water Interfaces

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Active, Yet Little Mobility: Asymmetric Decomposition of H2O2 Is Not Sufficient in Propelling Catalytic Micromotors

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Recent Advances in Heterosilica-Based Micro/Nanomotors: Designs, Biomedical Applications, and Future Perspectives

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Solution‐Synthesized Multifunctional Janus Nanotree Microswimmer

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Designing chemical micromotors that communicate-A survey of experiments

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JCIS Open, 2021, 2, 100006
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Reconfigurable Assembly of Planar Colloidal Molecules via Chemical Reaction and Electric Polarization

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Shaping Silica Rods by Tuning Hydrolysis and Condensation of Silica Precursors

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Seeded-Growth of Silica Rods from Silica-Coated Particles

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In Situ Quantification of H2O2 Generated on Photocatalytic BiVO4 Films by Chemical Micromotors

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Toward One‐Way Smoke: Synthesis of Copper‐Based Microclubs with Asymmetric Scattering and Absorption

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Light-Activated Colloidal Micromotors with Synthetically Tunable Shapes and Shape-Directed Propulsion

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Light-Activated Fuel-Free Janus Metal Organic Framework Colloidal Motors for the Removal of Heavy Metal Ions

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Oscillations of the Local pH Reverses Silver Micromotors in H2O2

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Engineering flower-shaped hierarchical micromotors on a sustainable biotemplate by teamed boronate affinity-based surface imprinting for effective separation of shikimic acid

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Programmable and adaptable navigation of a magnetic and photoactive colloid

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Synthesis of two-patch particles with controlled patch size via nonequilibrium solidification of droplets on rods

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Inorganic–Organic Hybrid Copolymeric Colloids as Multicolor Emission, Fuel‐Free, UV‐ and Visible‐Light‐Actuated Micropumps

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Technology Roadmap of Micro/Nanorobots

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Morphology-Tailored Dynamic State Transition in Active-Passive Colloidal Assemblies

Nan Yu, Zameer H. Shah, Mingcheng Yang and Yongxiang Gao

Research, 2024, 7
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