Nano-/Microrobots for Environmental Remediation in the Eyes of Nanoarchitectonics: Toward Engineering on a Single-Atomic Scale
Nano-/microrobots have been demonstrated as an efficient solution for environmental remediation. Their strength lies in their propulsion abilities that allow active “on-the-fly” operation, such as pollutant detection, capture, transport, degradation, and disruption. Another advantage is their versat...
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| description | Nano-/microrobots have been demonstrated as an efficient solution for environmental remediation. Their strength lies in their propulsion abilities that allow active “on-the-fly” operation, such as pollutant detection, capture, transport, degradation, and disruption. Another advantage is their versatility, which allows the engineering of highly functional solutions for a specific application. However, the latter advantage can bring complexity to applications; versatility in dimensionality, morphology, materials, surface decorations, and other modifications has a crucial effect on the resulting propulsion abilities, compatibility with the environment, and overall functionality. Synergy between morphology, materials, and surface decorations and its projection to the overall functionality is the object of nanoarchitectonics. Here, we scrutinize the engineering of nano-/microrobots with the eyes of nanoarchitectonics: we list general concepts that help to assess the synergy and limitations of individual procedures in the fabrication processes and their projection to the operation at the macroscale. The nanoarchitectonics of nano-/microrobots is approached from microscopic level, focusing on the dimensionality and morphology, through the nanoscopic level, evaluating the influence of the decoration with nanoparticles and quantum dots, and moving to the decorations on molecular and single-atomic level to allow very fine tuning of the resulting functionality. The presented review aims to lay general concepts and provide an overview of the engineering of functional advanced nano-/microrobot for environmental remediation procedures and beyond. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ffeeccf77b3b4eaa80f60d9d917da0cc2025-08-20T03:48:26ZengAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)Research2639-52742025-01-01810.34133/research.0624Nano-/Microrobots for Environmental Remediation in the Eyes of Nanoarchitectonics: Toward Engineering on a Single-Atomic ScaleAnna Jancik-Prochazkova0Katsuhiko Ariga1Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan.Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan.Nano-/microrobots have been demonstrated as an efficient solution for environmental remediation. Their strength lies in their propulsion abilities that allow active “on-the-fly” operation, such as pollutant detection, capture, transport, degradation, and disruption. Another advantage is their versatility, which allows the engineering of highly functional solutions for a specific application. However, the latter advantage can bring complexity to applications; versatility in dimensionality, morphology, materials, surface decorations, and other modifications has a crucial effect on the resulting propulsion abilities, compatibility with the environment, and overall functionality. Synergy between morphology, materials, and surface decorations and its projection to the overall functionality is the object of nanoarchitectonics. Here, we scrutinize the engineering of nano-/microrobots with the eyes of nanoarchitectonics: we list general concepts that help to assess the synergy and limitations of individual procedures in the fabrication processes and their projection to the operation at the macroscale. The nanoarchitectonics of nano-/microrobots is approached from microscopic level, focusing on the dimensionality and morphology, through the nanoscopic level, evaluating the influence of the decoration with nanoparticles and quantum dots, and moving to the decorations on molecular and single-atomic level to allow very fine tuning of the resulting functionality. The presented review aims to lay general concepts and provide an overview of the engineering of functional advanced nano-/microrobot for environmental remediation procedures and beyond.https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/research.0624 |
| spellingShingle | Anna Jancik-Prochazkova Katsuhiko Ariga Nano-/Microrobots for Environmental Remediation in the Eyes of Nanoarchitectonics: Toward Engineering on a Single-Atomic Scale Research |
| title | Nano-/Microrobots for Environmental Remediation in the Eyes of Nanoarchitectonics: Toward Engineering on a Single-Atomic Scale |
| title_full | Nano-/Microrobots for Environmental Remediation in the Eyes of Nanoarchitectonics: Toward Engineering on a Single-Atomic Scale |
| title_fullStr | Nano-/Microrobots for Environmental Remediation in the Eyes of Nanoarchitectonics: Toward Engineering on a Single-Atomic Scale |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nano-/Microrobots for Environmental Remediation in the Eyes of Nanoarchitectonics: Toward Engineering on a Single-Atomic Scale |
| title_short | Nano-/Microrobots for Environmental Remediation in the Eyes of Nanoarchitectonics: Toward Engineering on a Single-Atomic Scale |
| title_sort | nano microrobots for environmental remediation in the eyes of nanoarchitectonics toward engineering on a single atomic scale |
| url | https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/research.0624 |
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