Bioelectronic Devices for Healthcare

I. Wearable biosensors for personalized health monitoring and early diagnosis

Wearable Sweat Biosensors for Personalized Medicine

Autonomous sweat extraction and analysis applied to cystic fibrosis and glucose monitoring

Wearable biosensors for non-invasive health monitoring (Gao et al. Nature, 2016; PNAS, 2017; ACS Sensors, 2016; ACS Nano 2016; IEDM 2016)

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II. Synthetic micro/nanomachines and their biomedical applications

Fantastic Voyage

Synthetic micro/nanomachines

Micro/Nanorobots and Their Biomedical Applications: Toward the 'Fantastic Voyage'

A microrobotic system guided by photoacoustic computed tomography for targeted navigation in vivo

Micro/nanomachines Powered by Biofluids for In vivo Applications
Science Robotics 2019 link; ACS Nano 2015 link; Gao et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2012 link; Gao et al. ACS Nano 2012; Gao et al. Small 2013; Gao et al. Nanoscale 2013
The introduction of the first water driven micromotors and the first in vivo study using synthetic nanomachines.
See YouTube Video from ACS.
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Water driven micromotors

The first in vivo study using synthetic nanorobots

Polymer based Catalytic Microengines and Their Biomedical/Environmental Applications
Gao et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011 link; Nano Lett. 2012 link; ACS Nano 2012 link; Gao et al. Nanoscale 2012 link; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013; ACS Nano 2013; Nanoscale 2013. 
The development of the fastest micromotors in the world and pioneering works on their  biomedical and environmental applications. 
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Electrosynthesized polymer based catalytic microengines

Functional microengines for bacteria isolation

Catalytic and Photocatalytic Janus Micromotors and Their Organized Self-Assembly
Gao et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2014 link; Gao et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013 link; ACS Nano 2016 link

Catalytic Janus nanomotors

Self-assembly of the autonomous Janus motors

Photocatalytic Janus nanomotors

Bioinspired Magnetic Nanoswimmers for Targeted Drug Delivery
Gao et al. Nano Letters, 2014 link; Gao et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2010 link; Soft Matter, 2011; Gao et al. Small 2012 link; Nanoscale, 2013; Nanoscale 2014.
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Bioinspired flexible nanoswimmers

Bioinspired plant-based microswimmers

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Cargo towing nanoswimmers for drug delivery

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Nanomotor Lithography (Nanofabrication): Nature Commun. 2014 link; Nanoscale 2013.

Nanomotor lithography using self-propelled nanoswimmers

Hybrid and Ultrasound Powered Nanomotors
ACS Nano 2013; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014;  ACS Nano 2014; Small 2011.