This very exciting issue on self propelled nano and microsystems, containing many contributions from leading groups around the globe, was guest edited by Martin Pumera and Samuel Sanchez.
Here are articles included in this issue:
Editorial:
Self-propelled nano and microsystems
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR90110B
Feature articles:
Bio-inspired magnetic swimming microrobots for biomedical applications
Kathrin E. Peyer, Li Zhang and Bradley J. Nelson
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR32554C
Intelligent, self-powered, drug delivery systems
Debabrata Patra, Samudra Sengupta, Wentao Duan, Hua Zhang, Ryan Pavlick and Ayusman Sen
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR32600K
Collective behaviour of self-propelled catalytic micromotors
Alexander A. Solovev, Samuel Sanchez and Oliver G. Schmidt
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR33207H
Communications:
Rolled-up magnetic microdrillers: towards remotely controlled minimally invasive surgery
Wang Xi, Alexander A. Solovev, Adithya N. Ananth, David H. Gracias, Samuel Sanchez and Oliver G. Schmidt
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR32798H
A molecular-sized tunnel-porous crystal with a ratchet gear structure and its one-way guest-molecule transportation property
Keisuke Kataoka, Tetsuaki Yasumoto, Yousuke Manabe, Hiroyasu Sato, Akihito Yamano and Toshimasa Katagiri
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30880K
A catalytically driven organometallic molecular motor
Ryan A. Pavlick, Krishna K. Dey, Andrew Sirjoosingh, Alan Benesi and Ayusman Sen
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR32518G
Design of a wireless electrochemical valve
Laurent Bouffier and Alexander Kuhn
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR32875E
Nanomotor-based biocatalytic patterning of helical metal microstructures
Kalayil Manian Manesh, Susana Campuzano, Wei Gao, María Jesús Lobo-Castañón, Isao Shitanda, Kiarash Kiantaj and Joseph Wang
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR33040G
Fuel concentration dependent movement of supramolecular catalytic nanomotors
Daniela A. Wilson, Bart de Nijs, Alfons van Blaaderen, Roeland J. M. Nolte and Jan C. M. van Hest
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR32976J
Papers:
Self-propelled nanojets via template electrodeposition
Guanjia Zhao, Adriano Ambrosi and Martin Pumera
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR31566A
Micromotor-based lab-on-chip immunoassays
Miguel García, Jahir Orozco, Maria Guix, Wei Gao, Sirilak Sattayasamitsathit, Alberto Escarpa, Arben Merkoçi and Joseph Wang
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR32400H
Control over Janus micromotors by the strength of a magnetic field
Larysa Baraban, Denys Makarov, Oliver G. Schmidt, Gianaurelio Cuniberti, Paul Leiderer and Artur Erbe
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR32662K
Phoretic self-propulsion: a mesoscopic description of reaction dynamics that powers motion
Pierre de Buyl and Raymond Kapral
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR33711H
Small-scale heat detection using catalytic microengines irradiated by laser
Zhaoqian Liu, Jinxing Li, Jiao Wang, Gaoshan Huang, Ran Liu and Yongfeng Mei
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR32494F
