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Fantastic Voyage: Designing Self-Powered Nanorobots
Article first published online: 9 AUG 2012
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201202044
Copyright © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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How to Cite
Sengupta, S., Ibele, M. E. and Sen, A. (2012), Fantastic Voyage: Designing Self-Powered Nanorobots. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51: 8434–8445. doi: 10.1002/anie.201202044
Publication History
- Issue published online: 14 AUG 2012
- Article first published online: 9 AUG 2012
- Manuscript Revised: 4 MAY 2012
- Manuscript Received: 14 MAR 2012
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- NSF. Grant Numbers: DMR-0820404, CBET-1014673
- AFoSR. Grant Number: FA9550-10-1-0509
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Keywords:
- chemotaxis;
- collective behavior;
- micropumps;
- nanomotors;
- nanorobots
Abstract
The use of swarms of nanobots to perform seemingly miraculous tasks is a common trope in the annals of science fiction.1 Although several of these remarkable feats are still very much in the realm of fiction, scientists have recently overcome many of the physical challenges associated with operating on the small scale and have generated the first generation of autonomous self-powered nanomotors and pumps. The motors can be directed by chemical and light gradients, pick up and deliver cargo, and exhibit collective behavior.