Stratified Disk Microrobots with Dynamic Maneuverability and Proton-Activatable Luminescence for in Vivo Imaging.
Liu, Y
Lin, G
Bao, G
Guan, M
Yang, L
Liu, Y
Wang, D
Zhang, X
Liao, J
Fang, G
Di, X
Huang, G
Zhou, J
Cheng, YY
Jin, D
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- American Chemical Society
- Publication Type:
- Journal Article
- Citation:
- ACS Nano, 2021, 15, (12), pp. 19924-19937
- Issue Date:
- 2021-12-28
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dc.contributor.author | Liu, Y | |
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Lin, G https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9880-8478 |
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Bao, G https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5103-5009 |
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dc.contributor.author | Guan, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Yang, L | |
dc.contributor.author | Liu, Y | |
dc.contributor.author | Wang, D | |
dc.contributor.author | Zhang, X | |
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Liao, J https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0616-4762 |
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dc.contributor.author | Fang, G | |
dc.contributor.author | Di, X | |
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Huang, G https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7524-8199 |
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Zhou, J https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0605-5745 |
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dc.contributor.author | Cheng, YY | |
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Jin, D https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1046-2666 |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2022-02-07T04:37:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-02-07T04:37:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-12-28 | |
dc.identifier.citation | ACS Nano, 2021, 15, (12), pp. 19924-19937 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1936-0851 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1936-086X | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10453/154245 | |
dc.description.abstract | Microrobots can expand our abilities to access remote, confined, and enclosed spaces. Their potential applications inside our body are obvious, e.g., to diagnose diseases, deliver medicine, and monitor treatment efficacy. However, critical requirements exist in relation to their operations in gastrointestinal environments, including resistance to strong gastric acid, responsivity to a narrow proton variation window, and locomotion in confined cavities with hierarchical terrains. Here, we report a proton-activatable microrobot to enable real-time, repeated, and site-selective pH sensing and monitoring in physiological relevant environments. This is achieved by stratifying a hydrogel disk to combine a range of functional nanomaterials, including proton-responsive molecular switches, upconversion nanoparticles, and near-infrared (NIR) emitters. By leveraging the 3D magnetic gradient fields and the anisotropic composition, the microrobot can be steered to locomote as a gyrating "Euler's disk", i.e., aslant relative to the surface and along its low-friction outer circumference, exhibiting a high motility of up to 60 body lengths/s. The enhanced magnetomotility can boost the pH-sensing kinetics by 2-fold. The fluorescence of the molecular switch can respond to pH variations with over 600-fold enhancement when the pH decreases from 8 to 1, and the integration of upconversion nanoparticles further allows both the efficient sensitization of NIR light through deep tissue and energy transfer to activate the pH probes. Moreover, the embedded down-shifting NIR emitters provide sufficient contrast for imaging of a single microrobot inside a live mouse. This work suggests great potential in developing multifunctional microrobots to perform generic site-selective tasks in vivo. | |
dc.format | Print-Electronic | |
dc.language | eng | |
dc.publisher | American Chemical Society | |
dc.relation | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/IH150100028 | |
dc.relation | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1160635 | |
dc.relation | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FL210100180 | |
dc.relation.ispartof | ACS Nano | |
dc.relation.isbasedon | 10.1021/acsnano.1c07431 | |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess | |
dc.subject.classification | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | |
dc.subject.mesh | Animals | |
dc.subject.mesh | Diagnostic Imaging | |
dc.subject.mesh | Hydrogels | |
dc.subject.mesh | Luminescence | |
dc.subject.mesh | Mice | |
dc.subject.mesh | Nanoparticles | |
dc.subject.mesh | Protons | |
dc.subject.mesh | Animals | |
dc.subject.mesh | Diagnostic Imaging | |
dc.subject.mesh | Hydrogels | |
dc.subject.mesh | Luminescence | |
dc.subject.mesh | Mice | |
dc.subject.mesh | Nanoparticles | |
dc.subject.mesh | Protons | |
dc.subject.mesh | Animals | |
dc.subject.mesh | Mice | |
dc.subject.mesh | Protons | |
dc.subject.mesh | Hydrogels | |
dc.subject.mesh | Diagnostic Imaging | |
dc.subject.mesh | Luminescence | |
dc.subject.mesh | Nanoparticles | |
dc.title | Stratified Disk Microrobots with Dynamic Maneuverability and Proton-Activatable Luminescence for in Vivo Imaging. | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
utslib.citation.volume | 15 | |
utslib.location.activity | United States | |
pubs.organisational-group | /University of Technology Sydney | |
pubs.organisational-group | /University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science | |
pubs.organisational-group | /University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science/School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences | |
pubs.organisational-group | /University of Technology Sydney/Strength - IBMD - Initiative for Biomedical Devices | |
utslib.copyright.status | closed_access | * |
pubs.consider-herdc | false | |
dc.date.updated | 2022-02-07T04:37:24Z | |
pubs.issue | 12 | |
pubs.publication-status | Published | |
pubs.volume | 15 | |
utslib.citation.issue | 12 |
Abstract:
Microrobots can expand our abilities to access remote, confined, and enclosed spaces. Their potential applications inside our body are obvious, e.g., to diagnose diseases, deliver medicine, and monitor treatment efficacy. However, critical requirements exist in relation to their operations in gastrointestinal environments, including resistance to strong gastric acid, responsivity to a narrow proton variation window, and locomotion in confined cavities with hierarchical terrains. Here, we report a proton-activatable microrobot to enable real-time, repeated, and site-selective pH sensing and monitoring in physiological relevant environments. This is achieved by stratifying a hydrogel disk to combine a range of functional nanomaterials, including proton-responsive molecular switches, upconversion nanoparticles, and near-infrared (NIR) emitters. By leveraging the 3D magnetic gradient fields and the anisotropic composition, the microrobot can be steered to locomote as a gyrating "Euler's disk", i.e., aslant relative to the surface and along its low-friction outer circumference, exhibiting a high motility of up to 60 body lengths/s. The enhanced magnetomotility can boost the pH-sensing kinetics by 2-fold. The fluorescence of the molecular switch can respond to pH variations with over 600-fold enhancement when the pH decreases from 8 to 1, and the integration of upconversion nanoparticles further allows both the efficient sensitization of NIR light through deep tissue and energy transfer to activate the pH probes. Moreover, the embedded down-shifting NIR emitters provide sufficient contrast for imaging of a single microrobot inside a live mouse. This work suggests great potential in developing multifunctional microrobots to perform generic site-selective tasks in vivo.
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