Nano-Micro Letters, Volume. 16, Issue 1, 040(2024)

Untethered Micro/Nanorobots for Remote Sensing: Toward Intelligent Platform

Qianqian Wang1,†...*, Shihao Yang2,†, and Li Zhang2,3,45,** |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Design and Manufacture of Micro-Nano Biomedical Instruments, School of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, People’s Republic of China
  • 2Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong 999077, People’s Republic of China
  • 3Chow Yuk Ho Technology Centre for Innovative Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong 999077, People’s Republic of China
  • 4T Stone Robotics Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong 999077, People’s Republic of China
  • 5Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong 999077, People’s Republic of China
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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Jun. 30, 2023

    Accepted: Oct. 25, 2023

    Published Online: Jan. 23, 2025

    The Author Email: Wang Qianqian (qqwang@seu.edu.cn), Zhang Li (lizhang@mae.cuhk.edu.hk)

    DOI:10.1007/s40820-023-01261-9

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