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Magneto-Acoustic Hybrid Micro-/Nanorobot

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Combining different fuel-free propulsion modes for multimodal micro-/nanorobotic design allows adaptive operation in changing and complicated biological environments. Among the energy sources that have been used to power micro-/nanorobotics, magnetics and acoustics play significant roles in modern medicine in disease diagnostics and treatments. Combining magnetic and acoustic fields to actuate and control micro-/nanorobotics allows untethered, sophisticated control of the individual and collective behavior of micro-/nanorobotics and leads to the promise of merging them with the clinical magnetic and acoustic devices for translational applications. This chapter talks about the design, working principle, fabrication of magneto-acoustic hybrid micro-/nanorobots, and their potential applications.

Note: Results of this chapter are mainly based on the work published in: Li et al. Nano Lett. 2015, 15, 7, 4814–4821; and Ahmed et al. Nature Commun. 2017, 8, 770.

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Sanchez, S.W., Li, J. (2022). Magneto-Acoustic Hybrid Micro-/Nanorobot. In: Sun, Y., Wang, X., Yu, J. (eds) Field-Driven Micro and Nanorobots for Biology and Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80197-7_7

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