Micro‐/Nanomotors toward Biomedical Applications: The Recent Progress in Biocompatibility
Juanfeng Ou, Kun Liu, Jiamiao Jiang, Daniela A. Wilson, Lu Liu, Fei Wang, Shuanghu Wang, Yingfeng Tu, Fei Peng
Abstract
Inspired by the highly versatile natural motors, artificial micro-/nanomotors that can convert surrounding energies into mechanical motion and accomplish multiple tasks are devised. In the past few years, micro-/nanomotors have demonstrated significant potential in biomedicine. However, the practical biomedical applications of these small-scale devices are still at an infant stage. For successful bench-to-bed translation, biocompatibility of micro-/nanomotor systems is the central issue to be considered. Herein, the recent progress in micro-/nanomotors in biocompatibility is reviewed, with a special focus on their biomedical applications. Through close collaboration between researches in the nanoengineering, material chemistry, and biomedical fields, it is expected that a promising real-world application platform based on micro-/nanomotors will emerge in the near future.