ArticleNature communications2023
Magnetically boosted 1D photoactive microswarm for COVID-19 face mask disruption.
Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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12 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Technology Roadmap of Micro/Nanorobots.ACS nano · 2025Review
- High-throughput Photoactive Magnetic Microrobots for Food Quality Control.Small methods · 2025Article
- Magnetically Propelled Microrobots toward Photosynthesis of Green Ammonia from Nitrates.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025Article
- On-the-Fly Monitoring of the Capture and Removal of Nanoplastics with Nanorobots.ACS nanoscience Au · 2024Article
- Physical-Chemical Coupling Coassembly Approach to Branched Magnetic Mesoporous Nanochains with Adjustable Surface Roughness.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024Article
- Magnetic Microrobot Swarms with Polymeric Hands Catching Bacteria and Microplastics in Water.ACS nano · 2024Article
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Abstract
The recent COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the massive discard of pandemic-related plastic wastes, causing serious ecological harm and a high societal burden. Most single-use face masks are made of synthetic plastics, thus their careless disposal poses a direct threat to wildlife as well as potential ecotoxicological effects in the form of microplastics. Here, we introduce a 1D magnetic photoactive microswarm capable of actively navigating, adhering to, and accelerating the degradation of the polypropylene microfiber of COVID-19 face masks. 1D microrobots comprise an anisotropic magnetic core (Fe
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