Figure 7.
US-propelled micro- and nanorobots
(A) Magnetic nanoparticle-loaded RBC motors. (i) Scheme of the fabrication process and (ii) TEM image of the RBC motors. (iii) Scheme of the magneto-switchable guidance of the RBC motors. (iv) Real-time images of the movement of a magnetic nanoparticle-loaded RBC motor and (v) in presence of a natural RBC.95 Copyright 2014, American Chemical Society.
(B) US-guided pathogen-targeting RBC-PL robot. (i) Schemes of the US-powered nanorobots for bacterium adhesion and toxin neutralizations. (ii) SEM image of an RBC-PL robot. (iii) The tracking trajectories of the RBC-PL robot in water and in blood.96 Copyright 2018, the authors.