Strategies for drug-delivery and chemical sensing using biomédical microrobots

Abstract

We present the state-of-the-art and future strategies for magnetic materials and functional coatings for biomédical microrobots. Coatings for sensing chemicals and for drug-delivery as well as ways of implementing them are being investigated. Two examples related to in traocular microrob ots are shown in this work: a luminescence p olymer-dye comp osite coatin g for th e detection of intraocular oxygen; and a conductive polymer coating for drug delivery purposes.