Bioelectronic Devices for Healthcare

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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 diagnosis

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'

Micro/nanomachines Powered by Biofluids for In Vivo Applications
Science Robotics 2019 link; Targeted navigation and control of the microrobots  in vivo
​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
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A microrobotic system guided by photoacoustic computed tomography for targeted navigation in vivo

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. 
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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

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.