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Liquid Metal Microrobots for Magnetically Guided Transvascular Navigation

Xiaohui Ju, Roshan Velluvakandy, Xianghua Wu, Miguel Angel Merlos Rodrigo, Zbyněk Heger, Kamila Bendíčková, Jan Frič, Martin Pumera*
Advanced Materials 2026, 38(20), e18382

Laser-Induced Microfabrication of Carbon Nanostructure: Processing Mechanism and Application for Next-Generation Battery Technology

Sujit Deshmukh, Shaista Nouseen, Martin Pumera*
Advanced Functional Materials 2026, 36(19), e19979

Lunar regolith simulant-based triboelectric nanogenerators: Toward sustainable energy harvesting from resources on the moon

Alex Yohannan, Jayraj V. Vaghasiya, Keval K. Sonigara, Martin Pumera*
Applied Materials Today 2026, 48(), 103071

Copper-Infused MXene from MAX Phase for Enhanced Electrochemical Ammonia Production

Radhika Nittoor-Veedu, Bindu Kalleshappa, Martin Pumera*
ACS Nano 2025, 19(46), 39645-39653

Magnetically Driven Living Microrobot Swarms for Aquatic Micro- and Nanoplastic Cleanup

Su-Jin Song, Jeonghyo Kim, Roman Gabor, Radek Zboril, Martin Pumera*
ACS Nano 2025, 19(30), 27259-27269

Technology Roadmap of Micro/Nanorobots

Xiaohui Ju, Chuanrui Chen, Cagatay M Oral, Semih Sevim, Ramin Golestanian, Mengmeng Sun, Negin Bouzari, Xiankun Lin, Mario Urso, Jong Seok Nam, Yujang Cho, Xia Peng, Fabian C Landers, Shihao Yang, Azin Adibi, Nahid Taz, Raphael Wittkowski, Daniel Ahmed, Wei Wang, Veronika Magdanz, Mariana Medina-Sánchez, Maria Guix, Naimat Bari, Bahareh Behkam, Raymond Kapral, Yaxin Huang, Jinyao Tang, Ben Wang, Konstantin Morozov, Alexander Leshansky, Sarmad Ahmad Abbasi, Hongsoo Choi, Subhadip Ghosh, Bárbara Borges Fernandes, Giuseppe Battaglia, Peer Fischer, Ambarish Ghosh, Beatriz Jurado Sánchez, Alberto Escarpa, Quentin Martinet, Jérémie Palacci, Eric Lauga, Jeffrey Moran, Miguel A Ramos-Docampo, Brigitte Städler, Ramón Santiago Herrera Restrepo, Gilad Yossifon, James D Nicholas, Jordi Ignés-Mullol, Josep Puigmartí-Luis, Yutong Liu, Lauren D Zarzar, C Wyatt Shields IV, Longqiu Li, Shanshan Li, Xing Ma, David H Gracias, Orlin Velev, Samuel Sánchez, Maria Jose Esplandiu, Juliane Simmchen, Antonio Lobosco, Sarthak Misra, Zhiguang Wu, Jinxing Li, Alexander Kuhn, Amir Nourhani, Tijana Maric, Ze Xiong, Amirreza Aghakhani, Yongfeng Mei, Yingfeng Tu, Fei Peng, Eric Diller, Mahmut Selman Sakar, Ayusman Sen, Junhui Law, Yu Sun, Abdon Pena-Francesch, Katherine Villa, Huaizhi Li, Donglei Emma Fan, Kang Liang, Tony Jun Huang, Xiang-Zhong Chen, Songsong Tang, Xueji Zhang, Jizhai Cui, Hong Wang, Wei Gao, Vineeth Kumar Bandari, Oliver G Schmidt, Xianghua Wu, Jianguo Guan, Metin Sitti, Bradley J Nelson, Salvador Pané*, Li Zhang*, Hamed Shahsavan*, Qiang He*, Il-Doo Kim*, Joseph Wang*, Martin Pumera*
ACS Nano 2025, 19(27), 24174-24334

Single-Atom Colloidal Nanorobotics Enhanced Stem Cell Therapy for Corneal Injury Repair

Xiaohui Ju, Eliška Javorková, Jan Michalička, Martin Pumera*
ACS Nano 2025, 19(20), 19095-19115

Nanorobot-Cell Communication via In Situ Generation of Biochemical Signals: Toward Regenerative Therapies

Roshan Velluvakandy, Xiaohui Ju, Martin Pumera*
ACS Nano 2025, 19(25), 22953-22967

Single Atom Engineering for Electrocatalysis: Fundamentals and Applications

Mario Urso, Xiaohui Ju, Radhika Nittoor-Veedu, Hyesung Lee, Dagmar Zaoralová, Michal Otyepka, Martin Pumera*
ACS Catalysis 2025, 15(13), 11617-11663

Magnetically Propelled Microrobots toward Photosynthesis of Green Ammonia from Nitrates

Apabrita Mallick, Jeonghyo Kim, Martin Pumera*
Small 2024, 21(14), 2407050

Single atom engineered materials for sensors

Martin Pumera*, Parth Thakkar
Trac-Trends in Analytical Chemistry 2024, 174(), 117660

Self-Propelled Multifunctional Microrobots Harboring Chiral Supramolecular Selectors for “Enantiorecognition-on-the-Fly”

Dr. Jose Muñoz, Dr. Mario Urso, Dr. Martin Pumera*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, 61(14), e202116090

Towards micromachine intelligence: potential of polymers

Martina Ussia and Martin Pumera*
Chemical Society Reviews 2022, 51(5), 1558-1572

Swarming Aqua Sperm Micromotors for Active Bacterial Bioﬁlms Removal in Conﬁned Spaces

Carmen C. Mayorga-Martinez, Jaroslav Zelenka, Jan Grmela, Hana Michalkova, Tomáš Ruml, Jan Mareš, and Martin Pumera*
Advanced Science 2021, 8(19), 2101301

Bismuthene Metallurgy: Transformation of Bismuth Particles to Ultrahigh-Aspect-Ratio 2D Microsheets

Seyyed Mohsed Beladi-Mousavi, Yulong Ying, Jan Plutnar, and Martin Pumera*
Small 2020, 16(29), 2002037

Nanorobots Constructed from Nanoclay: Using Nature to Create Self‐Propelled Autonomous Nanomachines

Tijana Maric, Carmen C. Mayorga‐Martinez, Bahareh Khezri, Muhammad Zafir Mohamad Nasir, Xinyi Chia, Martin Pumera*
Advanced Functional Materials 2018, 28(40), 1802762

Active Anion Delivery by Self-Propelled Microswimmers

Seyyed Mohsen Beladi-Mousavi, Jonas Klein, Bahareh Khezri, Lorenz Walder, and Martin Pumera*
ACS Nano 2020, 14(3), 3434-3441

Self‐Propelled 3D‐Printed “Aircraft Carrier” of Light‐Powered Smart Micromachines for Large‐Volume Nitroaromatic Explosives Removal

Lei Kong, Adriano Ambrosi, Muhammad Zafir Mohamad Nasir, Jianguo Guan, and Martin Pumera*
Advanced Functional Materials 2019, 29(39), 1903872

Germanane synthesis with simultaneous covalent functionalization: towards highly functionalized fluorescent germananes

Jiri Sturala, Jan Luxa, Stanislava Matějková, Zdenek Sofer*, Martin Pumera*
Nanoscale 2019, 35002()

Impurities in graphene/PLA 3D-printing filaments dramatically influence the electrochemical properties of the devices

Michelle P. Browne, Martin Pumera*
Chemical Communications 2019, 55(58), 8374-8377

Atomic Layer Deposition as a General Method Turns any 3D‐Printed Electrode into a Desired Catalyst: Case Study in Photoelectrochemisty

Michelle P. Browne, Jan Plutnar, Amir Masoud Pourrahimi, Zdenek Sofer, Martin Pumera*
Advanced Energy Materials 2019, 9(26), 1970102

Light‐Driven Sandwich ZnO/TiO2/Pt Janus Micromotors: Schottky Barrier Suppression by Addition of TiO2 Atomic Interface Layers into ZnO/Pt Micromachines Leading to Enhanced Fuel‐Free Propulsion

Amir Masoud Pourrahimi, Katherine Villa, Zdeněk Sofer and Martin Pumera*
Small Methods 2019, 3(11), 1900258

Micro/nanomachines: what is needed for them to become a real force in cancer therapy?

Lucie Reinišová, Soňa Hermanová, Martin Pumera*
Nanoscale 2019, 11(14), 6519-6532

Chemotactic Micro- and Nanodevices

Jan Plutnar, Martin Pumera*
Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2019, 58(8), 2190-2196

Exfoliated Layered Manganese Trichalcogenide Phosphite (MnPX3, X = S, Se) as Electrocatalytic van der Waals Materials for Hydrogen Evolution

Rui Gusmeao, Zdeněk Sofer, Martin Pumera*
Advanced Functional Materials 2019, 29(2)

Cooperative Multifunctional Self‐Propelled Paramagnetic Microrobots with Chemical Handles for Cell Manipulation and Drug Delivery

Katherine Villa, Ludmila Krejčová, Filip Novotný, Zbyněk Heger, Zdeněk Sofer, and Martin Pumera*
Advanced Functional Materials 2018, 28(43), 1870311

2D-Pnictogens: alloy-based anode battery materials with ultrahigh cycling stability

Seyyed Mohsen Beladi-Mousavi, Martin Pumera*
Chemical Society Reviews 2018, 47(18)

Fluorination of Black Phosphorus-Will Black Phosphorus Burn Down in the Elemental Fluorine?

Jan Plutnar, Jiri Sturala, Vlastimil Mazánek, Zdeněk Sofer*, Martin Pumera*
Advanced Functional Materials 2018, 28(35)

Micro‐ and Nanomachines on the Move

Peer Fischer*, Martin Pumera*, Joseph Wang*
Advanced Functional Materials 2018, ()

Morphology-Dependent Magnetism in Nanographene: Beyond Nanoribbons

Jiri Tucek, Piotr Blonski, Ondrej Malina, Martin Pumera, Chun Kiang Chua, Michal Otyepka*, Radek Zboril*
Advanced Functional Materials 2018, 28(22)

Pnictogen (As, Sb, Bi) Nanosheets for Electrochemical Applications Are Produced by Shear Exfoliation Using Kitchen Blenders

Rui Gusmao, Zdeněk Sofer, Daniel Bouša, Martin Pumera*
Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2017, 56(46), 14417-14422

Black Phosphorus Nanoparticles Potentiate the Anticancer Effect of Oxaliplatin in Ovarian Cancer Cell Line

Michaela Fojtů, Xinyi Chia, Zdeněk Sofer, Michal Masařík, Martin Pumera*
Advanced Functional Materials 2017, 27(36)

Bioinspired Spiky Micromotors Based on Sporopollenin Exine Capsules

Hong Wang, Michael G. Potroz, Joshua A. Jackman, Bahareh Khezri, Tijana Maric, Nam-Joon Cho, Martin Pumera*
Advanced Functional Materials 2017, 27(32)

Towards stoichiometric analogues of graphene: graphane, fluorographene, graphol, graphene acid and others

Martin Pumera*, Zdeněk Sofer*
Chemical Society Reviews 2017, 46(15), 4450-4463

A study of the effect of sonication time on the catalytic performance of layered WS2 from various sources

Shi Xuan Leong, Carmen C. Mayorga-Martinez, Zdeněk Sofer, Jan Luxa, Shu Min Tana, Martin Pumera*
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2017, 19(4), 2768-2777

Graphane Nanostripes

Lu Wang, Zdeněk Sofer, Daniel Bouša, David Sedmidubský, Stepan Huber, Stanislava Matejkova, Alena Michalcova, Martin Pumera*
Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2016, 55(45), 13965-13969

Motion Control of Micro-/Nanomotors

Wei Zhe Teo, Martin Pumera*
Chemistry-A European Journal 2016, 22(42), 14796-14804

Synthesis of Graphene Oxide by Oxidation of Graphite with Ferrate(VI) Compounds: Myth or Reality?

Zdeněk Sofer*, Jan Luxa, Ondrej Jankovsky, David Sedmidubský, Tomáš Bystron, Martin Pumera*
Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2016, 55(39), 11965-11969

Sulfur Doping Induces Strong Ferromagnetic Ordering in Graphene: Effect of Concentration and Substitution Mechanism

Jiri Tucek, Piotr Blonski, Zdeněk Sofer, Petr Simek, Martin Petr, Martin Pumera, Michal Otyepka, Radek Zboril*
Advanced Materials 2016, 28(25), 5045-5053

Bipolar Electrochemical Synthesis of WS2 Nanoparticles and Their Application in Magneto-Immunosandwich Assay

Carmen C. Mayorga-Martinez, Bahareh Khezri, Alex Yong Sheng Eng, Zdeněk Sofer, Pavel Ulbrich, Martin Pumera*
Advanced Functional Materials 2016, 26(23), 4094-4098

Graphene-Amorphous Transition-Metal Chalcogenide (MoSx, WSx) Composites as Highly Efficient Hybrid Electrocatalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Jan Luxa, Vlastimil Mazánek, Daniel Bouša, David Sedmidubský, Martin Pumera*, Zdeněk Sofer*
Chemelectrochem 2016, 3(4), 565-571

Fe-0 Nanomotors in Ton Quantities (10(20) Units) for Environmental Remediation

Wei Zhe Teo, Radek Zboril, Ivo Medrik, Martin Pumera*
Chemistry-A European Journal 2016, 22(14), 4789-4793

Layered Black Phosphorus: Strongly Anisotropic Magnetic, Electronic, and Electron-Transfer Properties

Zdeněk Sofer*, David Sedmidubský, Stepan Huber, Jan Luxa, Daniel Bouša, Chris Boothroyd, Martin Pumera*
Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2016, 55(10), 3382-3386

Electrochemistry of Layered Graphitic Carbon Nitride Synthesised from Various Precursors: Searching for Catalytic Effects

Ying Teng Yew, Chee Shan Lim, Alex Yong Sheng Eng, Junghoon Oh, Sungjin Park, Martin Pumera*
Chemphyschem 2016, 17(4), 481-488

Helical 3D-Printed Metal Electrodes as Custom-Shaped 3D Platform for Electrochemical Devices

Adriano Ambrosi*, James Guo Sheng Moo, Martin Pumera*
Advanced Functional Materials 2016, 26(5), 698-703

Electrochemically Exfoliated Graphene and Graphene Oxide for Energy Storage and Electrochemistry Applications

Adriano Ambrosi, Martin Pumera*
Chemistry-A European Journal 2016, 22(1), 153-159

The reduction of graphene oxide with hydrazine: elucidating its reductive capability based on a reaction-model approach

Chun Kiang Chua, Martin Pumera*
Chemical Communications 2016, 52(1), 72-75

Graphene and its electrochemistry – an update

Adriano Ambrosi, Chun Kiang Chua, Naziah Mohamad Latiff, Adeline Huiling Loo, Colin Hong An Wong, Alex Yong Sheng Eng, Alessandra Bonanni, Martin Pumera*
Chemical Society Reviews 2016, 45(9), 2458-2493

Few-layer black phosphorus nanoparticles

Zdeněk Sofer*, Daniel Bouša, Jan Luxa, Vlastimil Mazánek, Martin Pumera*
Chemical Communications 2016, 52(8), 1563-1566

Layered Black Phosphorus as a Selective Vapor Sensor

Carmen C. Mayorga-Martinez, Zdeněk Sofer, Martin Pumera*
Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2015, 54(48), 14317-14320

Hydrogenated Graphenes by Birch Reduction: Influence of Electron and Proton Sources on Hydrogenation Efficiency, Magnetism, and Electrochemistry

Alex Yong Sheng Eng, Zdeněk Sofer, Stepan Huber, Daniel Bouša, Miroslav Marysko, Martin Pumera*
Chemistry-A European Journal 2015, 21(47), 16828-16838

Electrochemistry of Nanostructured Layered Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides

Xinyi Chia, Alex Yong Sheng Eng, Adriano Ambrosi, Shu Min Tan, Martin Pumera*
Chemical Reviews 2015, 115(21), 11941-11966

The Cytotoxicity of Layered Black Phosphorus

Naziah Mohamad Latiff, Wei Zhe Teo, Zdeněk Sofer, Adrian C. Fisher, Martin Pumera*
Chemistry-A European Journal 2015, 21(40), 13991-13995

Definitive Insight into the Graphite Oxide Reduction Mechanism by Deuterium Labeling

Ondrej Jankovsky, Petr Simek, Jan Luxa, David Sedmidubský, Ivo Tomandl, Anna Mackova, Romana Miksova, Petr Malinsky, Martin Pumera, Zdeněk Sofer*
Chempluschem 2015, 80(9), 1399-1407

Dichlorocarbene-Functionalized Fluorographene: Synthesis and Reaction Mechanism

Petr Lazar, Chun Kiang Chua, Katerina Hola, Radek Zboril, Michal Otyepka*, Martin Pumera*
Small 2015, 11(31), 3790-3796

Evaluation of the Sorbent Properties of Single- and Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes for Volatile Organic Compounds through Thermal Desorption-Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry

Gwendeline K. S. Wong, Li Zhen Lim, Marcus Jun Wen Lim, Li Lin Ong, Bahareh Khezri, Martin Pumera, Richard D. Webster*
Chempluschem 2015, 80(8), 1279-1287

Geographical and Geological Origin of Natural Graphite Heavily Influence the Electrical and Electrochemical Properties of Chemically Modified Graphenes

Colin Hong An Wong, Zdeněk Sofer, Martin Pumera*
Chemistry-A European Journal 2015, 21(23), 8435-8440

Selective Nitrogen Functionalization of Graphene by Bucherer-Type Reaction

Chun Kiang Chua, Zdeněk Sofer, Jan Luxa, Martin Pumera*
Chemistry-A European Journal 2015, 21(22), 8090-8095

Thiofluorographene-Hydrophilic Graphene Derivative with Semiconducting and Genosensing Properties

Veronika Urbanova, Katerina Hola, Athanasios B. Bourlinos, Klara Cepe, Adriano Ambrosi, Adeline Huiling Loo, Martin Pumera, Frantisek Karlicky, Michal Otyepka, Radek Zboril*
Advanced Materials 2015, 27(14), 2305-2310

Light and Atmosphere Affect the Quasi-equilibrium States of Graphite Oxide and Graphene Oxide Powders

Chun Kiang Chua, Martin Pumera*
Small 2015, 11(11), 1266-1272

Voltammetry of Layered Black Phosphorus: Electrochemistry of Multilayer Phosphorene

Lu Wang, Zdeněk Sofer, Martin Pumera*
Chemelectrochem 2015, 2(3), 324-327

Lithium Intercalation Compound Dramatically Influences the Electrochemical Properties of Exfoliated MoS2

Adriano Ambrosi, Zdeněk Sofer, Martin Pumera*
Small 2015, 11(5), 605-612

Carbon fragments are ripped off from graphite oxide sheets during their thermal reduction

Ondrej Jankovsky, Stepanka Hrdlickova Kuckova*, Martin Pumera*, Petr Simek, David Sedmidubský, Zdeněk Sofer*
New Journal Of Chemistry 2014, 38(12), 5700-5705

Chemical Preparation of Graphene Materials Results in Extensive Unintentional Doping with Heteroatoms and Metals

Chun Kiang Chua, Adriano Ambrosi, Zdeněk Sofer, Anna Mackova, Vladimir Havranek, Ivo Tomandl, Martin Pumera*
Chemistry-A European Journal 2014, 20(48), 15760-15767

Iridium-Catalyst-Based Autonomous Bubble-Propelled Graphene Micromotors with Ultralow Catalyst Loading

Hong Wang, Zdeněk Sofer, Alex Yong Sheng Eng, Martin Pumera*
Chemistry-A European Journal 2014, 20(46), 14946-+

Graphene Oxides Prepared by Hummers’, Hofmann’s, and Staudenmaier’s Methods: Dramatic Influences on Heavy-Metal-Ion Adsorption

James Guo Sheng Moo, Bahareh Khezri, Richard D. Webster, Martin Pumera*
Chemphyschem 2014, 15(14), 2922-2929

Oxygen-Free Highly Conductive Graphene Papers

Petr Simek, Zdeněk Sofer*, Ondrej Jankovsky, David Sedmidubský, Martin Pumera*
Advanced Functional Materials 2014, 24(31), 4878-4885

Biomimetic Artificial Inorganic Enzyme-Free Self-Propelled Microfish Robot for Selective Detection of Pb2+ in Water

James Guo Sheng Moo, Hong Wang, Guanjia Zhao, Martin Pumera*
Chemistry-A European Journal 2014, 20(15), 4292-4296

Regeneration of a Conjugated sp(2) Graphene System through Selective Defunctionalization of Epoxides by Using a Proven Synthetic Chemistry Mechanism

Chun Kiang Chua, Martin Pumera*
Chemistry-A European Journal 2014, 20(7), 1871-1877

Rational Design of Carboxyl Groups Perpendicularly Attached to a Graphene Sheet: A Platform for Enhanced Biosensing Applications

Alessandra Bonanni, Chun Kiang Chua, Martin Pumera*
Chemistry-A European Journal 2014, 20(1), 217-222

Towards biocompatible nano/microscale machines: self-propelled catalytic nanomotors not exhibiting acute toxicity

Elaine Lay Khim Chng, Guanjia Zhao, Martin Pumera*
Nanoscale 2014, 6(4), 2119-2124

Clean room-free rapid fabrication of roll-up self-powered catalytic microengines

Guanjia Zhao, Adriano Ambrosi, Martin Pumera*
Journal Of Materials Chemistry A 2014, 2(5), 1219-1223

Acetylene bubble-powered autonomous capsules: towards in situ fuel

James Guo Sheng Moo, Hong Wang, Martin Pumera*
Chemical Communications 2014, 50(100), 15849-15851

“Metal-Free” Catalytic Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Heteroatom-Doped Graphene is Caused by Trace Metal Impurities

Lu Wang, Adriano Ambrosi, Martin Pumera*
Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2013, 52(51), 13818-13821

Highly Hydrogenated Graphene through Microwave Exfoliation of Graphite Oxide in Hydrogen Plasma: Towards Electrochemical Applications

Alex Yong Sheng Eng, Zdeněk Sofer, Petr Simek, Jiri Kosina, Martin Pumera*
Chemistry-A European Journal 2013, 19(46), 15583-15592

Carcinogenic Organic Residual Compounds Readsorbed on Thermally Reduced Graphene Materials are Released at Low Temperature

Adriano Ambrosi, Gwendeline K. S. Wong, Richard D. Webster, Zdeněk Sofer, Martin Pumera*
Chemistry-A European Journal 2013, 19(43), 14446-14450

Unusual Inherent Electrochemistry of Graphene Oxides Prepared Using Permanganate Oxidants

Alex Yong Sheng Eng, Adriano Ambrosi, Chun Kiang Chua, Filip Sanek, Zdeněk Sofer, Martin Pumera*
Chemistry-A European Journal 2013, 19(38), 12673-12683

Graphene Oxide Nanoribbons from the Oxidative Opening of Carbon Nanotubes Retain Electrochemically Active Metallic Impurities

Colin Hong An Wong, Chun Kiang Chua, Bahareh Khezri, Richard D. Webster, Martin Pumera*
Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2013, 52(33), 8685-8688