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ReviewAnalytical and bioanalytical chemistry2022

Biocompatible micromotors for biosensing.

Roberto Maria-Hormigos, Beatriz Jurado-Sánchez, Alberto Escarpa

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Review in Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Micro- and Nano-Bots for Infection Control.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2025
    Review
  5. Metareview: a survey of active matter reviews.The European physical journal. E, Soft matter · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Roberto Maria-HormigosDepartment of Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Alcala, Alcala de Henares, 28871, Madrid, Spain. roberto.maria@uah.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8002-3998
Beatriz Jurado-SánchezDepartment of Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Alcala, Alcala de Henares, 28871, Madrid, Spain.
Alberto EscarpaDepartment of Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Alcala, Alcala de Henares, 28871, Madrid, Spain. alberto.escarpa@uah.es.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Micro/nanomotors are nanoscale devices that have been explored in various fields, such as drug delivery, environmental remediation, or biosensing and diagnosis. The use of micro/nanomotors has grown considerably over the past few years, partially because of the advantages that they offer in the development of new conceptual avenues in biosensing. This is due to their propulsion and intermixing in solution compared with their respective static forms, which enables motion-based detection methods and/or decreases bioassay time. This review focuses on the impacts of micro/nanomotors on biosensing research in the last 2 years. An overview of designs for bioreceptor attachment to micro/nanomotors is given. Recent developments have focused on chemically propelled micromotors using external fuels, commonly hydrogen peroxide. However, the associated fuel toxicity and inconvenience of use in relevant biological samples such as blood have prompted researchers to explore new micro/nanomotor biosensing approaches based on biocompatible propulsion sources such as magnetic or ultrasound fields. The main advances in biocompatible propulsion sources for micro/nanomotors as novel biosensing platforms are discussed and grouped by their propulsion-driven forces. The relevant analytical applications are discussed and representatively illustrated. Moreover, envisioning future biosensing applications, the principal advantages of micro/nanomotor synthesis using biocompatible and biodegradable materials are given. The review concludes with a realistic drawing on the present and future perspectives.

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Environmental Restoration and RemediationNanostructuresDrug Delivery SystemsHydrogen PeroxideNanotechnologyHydrogen PeroxideBiofluidBiomedical analysisBiosensingMicromotorsPropulsion

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PMID36044082
PMCPMC9428376

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