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Enzyme-driven micro/nanomotors: Recent advances and biomedical applications.

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Micro/nanomotors (MNMs), both self-propelled actuators and external fields-promoted machines, have joined forces in the past decade to accomplish versatile tasks such as precise detection and targeted cargo delivery with adequate… Click to show full abstract

Micro/nanomotors (MNMs), both self-propelled actuators and external fields-promoted machines, have joined forces in the past decade to accomplish versatile tasks such as precise detection and targeted cargo delivery with adequate propulsion and desirable locomotion. Amongst, enzyme-driven MNMs have been able to differentiate themselves from others owing to their distinct characteristics, such as absence of chemical fuel, enhanced cellular uptake and the possibility to be easily conjugated with many therapeutics, including both small molecules and biologics, displaying superior efficacy, enhanced specificity and diminished side effects. In the present review, we aim to highlight and summarize recent advances in enzyme-driven MNMs, particularly to provide an in-depth discussion focusing on the enzyme linking approaches onto those MNMs and motion control strategies of such MNMs with advantages and limitations thereof. Conclusions and future perspectives are also provided in brief.

Keywords: driven micro; micro nanomotors; enzyme driven; nanomotors recent; advances biomedical; recent advances

Journal Title: International journal of biological macromolecules
Year Published: 2020

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