Bioinspired soft microrobots actuated by magnetic field

Magnetic bio-hybrid micro actuators

“…For biomedical applications, actuators made of materials foreign to the body can elicit destructive immune responses affecting therapeutic delivery. 86 To overcome this issue blood cells have been explored for developing bio-hybrid actuators. These cells possess intrinsic biocompatibility, surface immunosuppressive properties, deformability, cargo carrying ability, and chemotactic responsiveness.…”

Janus magnetoelastic membrane swimmers

“…[33][34][35] Hence, the strategies of designing magnetically driven microswimmers by introducing broken-symmetry often involve asymmetries in body shape or composite, creating flexible microstructures, introducing nonsymmetric environmental stimuli, and approaching boundaries. [28][29][30][36][37][38][39][40] Unlike traditional flagella/cilia type propulsion, 2,41 soft membranes can propel via body distortions like euglenids, 42 vesicles, 43 and synthetic lamellae. [44][45][46] Such irregular body deformations can also be realized by nonlinear elastic buckling of crystalline membranes under many conditions.…”

Static Magnetic Fields Regulate T-Type Calcium Ion Channels and Mediate Mesenchymal Stem Cells Proliferation

“…A static magnetic field (SMF) is a constant vector field that defines the magnetic impact on electrical currents and magnetizes materials on objects [ 1 ]. Indeed, an increasing number of clinically approved medical devices based on SMF, such as magnetically guided medical devices [ 2 , 3 ], miniature robots [ 4 ], and magnetic nanoparticles in microfluids and nanomechanics for drug delivery [ 2 ], have been developed and introduced into the medical and veterinary markets [ 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 ].…”