Micro/nanorobots for Biomedicine: Delivery, surgery, sensing, and detoxification

Science Robotics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Li, Jinxing ^a   Ávila, Berta Esteban Fernández De ^a   Gao, Wei ^a   Zhang, Liangfang ^a   Wang, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; DETOXIFICATION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ROBOTIC SURGERY; ROBOTICS; SURGERY; TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; DISEASE DIAGNOSIS; ENERGY SOURCE; FUTURE PERSPECTIVES; MICRO/NANOROBOTS; NANO SCALE; RECENT PROGRESS; ROBOTICS RESEARCH;

DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 85055997659     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24709476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.aam6431     Document Type: Review

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