ReviewAdvanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)2024
Biohybrid Microalgae Robots: Design, Fabrication, Materials, and Applications.
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- Stress-trained microalgae robots with probiotics backpack and intestinal brake for inflammatory bowel disease management.Nature communications · 2026Article
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- Chlamylipo, aBiophysics and physicobiology · 2026Article
- Cell- and biological-based drug delivery vectors for cancer treatment.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2026Review
- Nanoplatforms in sepsis storm: Multimodal synergy for precision immunomodulation and pathogen neutralizations.Pharmaceutical science advances · 2025Review
- Micro/Nanorobots for Combating Brain Disorders: Challenges, Advances, and Perspectives.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Review
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Abstract
The integration of microorganisms and engineered artificial components has shown considerable promise for creating biohybrid microrobots. The unique features of microalgae make them attractive candidates as natural actuation materials for the design of biohybrid microrobotic systems. In this review, microalgae-based biohybrid microrobots are introduced for diverse biomedical and environmental applications. The distinct propulsion and phototaxis behaviors of green microalgae, as well as important properties from other photosynthetic microalga systems (blue-green algae and diatom) that are crucial to constructing powerful biohybrid microrobots, will be described first. Then the focus is on chemical and physical routes for functionalizing the algae surface with diverse reactive materials toward the fabrication of advanced biohybrid microalgae robots. Finally, representative applications of such algae-driven microrobots are presented, including drug delivery, imaging, and water decontamination, highlighting the distinct advantages of these active biohybrid robots, along with future prospects and challenges.
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