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ArticleSmall (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2025

Atomically Precise Nanoclusters as Co-Catalysts for Light-Activated Microswimmer Motility.

John Castañeda, Blake Rogers, Ysaris Sosa, Jorge A Muñoz, Badri Bhattarai, Ashley M Martinez, M Lisa Phipps, Demosthenes P Morales, Matthew N Montoya Rush, Miguel José Yacaman and 3 more

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Article in Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Silver-enhanced Photoresponsive g-CSmall (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

John CastañedaDepartment of Applied Physics and Materials Science and Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications (¡MIRA!), Northern Arizona University, 1900 S Knoles Dr, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA.
Blake RogersDepartment of Applied Physics and Materials Science and Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications (¡MIRA!), Northern Arizona University, 1900 S Knoles Dr, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA.
Ysaris SosaDepartment of Applied Physics and Materials Science and Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications (¡MIRA!), Northern Arizona University, 1900 S Knoles Dr, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA.
Jorge A MuñozDepartment of Applied Physics and Materials Science and Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications (¡MIRA!), Northern Arizona University, 1900 S Knoles Dr, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA.
Badri BhattaraiDepartment of Applied Physics and Materials Science and Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications (¡MIRA!), Northern Arizona University, 1900 S Knoles Dr, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA.
Ashley M MartinezDepartment of Applied Physics and Materials Science and Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications (¡MIRA!), Northern Arizona University, 1900 S Knoles Dr, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA.
M Lisa PhippsCenter for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Materials Physics and Applications Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA.
Demosthenes P MoralesCenter for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Materials Physics and Applications Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA.
Matthew N Montoya RushDepartment of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, 1402 S Grand Blvd, St. Louis, MO, 63104, USA.
Miguel José YacamanDepartment of Applied Physics and Materials Science and Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications (¡MIRA!), Northern Arizona University, 1900 S Knoles Dr, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA.
Gabriel A MontañoDepartment of Applied Physics and Materials Science and Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications (¡MIRA!), Northern Arizona University, 1900 S Knoles Dr, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5074-8736
John G GibbsDepartment of Applied Physics and Materials Science and Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications (¡MIRA!), Northern Arizona University, 1900 S Knoles Dr, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA.
Jennifer S MartinezDepartment of Applied Physics and Materials Science and Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications (¡MIRA!), Northern Arizona University, 1900 S Knoles Dr, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6737-2712

Funding

National Science Foundation 1847670National Science Foundation 1938054National Science Foundation 2425226Office of Science
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microswimmers are self-propelled particles that navigate fluid environments, offering significant potential for applications in environmental pollutant decomposition, biosensing, and targeted drug delivery. Their performance relies on engineered catalytic surfaces. Gold nanoclusters (AuNCs), with atomically precise structures, tunable optical properties, and high surface area-to-volume ratio, provide a new optimal catalyst for enhancing microswimmer propulsion. Unlike bulk gold or nanoparticles, AuNCs may deliver tunable photocatalytic activity and increased catalytic specificity, making them ideal co-catalysts for hybrid microswimmers. For the first time, this study combines AuNCs with TiO

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atomically precise nanoclusterhybrid microswimmerslight‐activated microswimmersphotocatalytic active matter

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PMID40376893
PMCPMC12199103

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