Magnetic actuated pH-responsive hydrogel-based soft micro-robot for targeted drug delivery

• Published in: Smart materials and structures Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 27001 - 27009
• Main Authors: Li, Hao, Go, Gwangjun, Ko, Seong Yong, Park, Jong-Oh, Park, Sukho
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 01.02.2016
• Subjects: drug delivery; Drug delivery systems; Drugs; magnetic actuation; Magnetic fields; microrobot; Microrobots; pH-responsive hydrogel; PHEMA; soft microrobot; Toxicity; Trapping

For drug delivery in cancer therapy, various stimuli-responsive hydrogel-based micro-devices have been studied with great interest. Here, we present a new concept for a hybrid actuated soft microrobot targeted drug delivery. The proposed soft microrobot consists of a hydrogel bilayer structure of 2-...