ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces | The Nanorobots Research Center

Precisely Navigated Biobot Swarms of Bacteria Magnetospirillum magneticum for Water Decontamination

Su-Jin Song, Carmen C. Mayorga-Martinez, Jan Vyskočil, Markéta Častorálová, Tomáš Ruml,and Martin Pumera*
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2023, 15(5), 7023-7029

Swarming Magnetically Navigated Indigo-Based Hydrophobic Microrobots for Oil Removal

Anna Jancik-Prochazkova, Carmen C. Mayorga-Martinez, Jan Vyskočil, and Martin Pumera*
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2022, 14(40), 45545-45552

Micellar Polymer Magnetic Microrobots as Efficient Nerve Agent Microcleaners

Marta Pacheco, Carmen C. Mayorga-Martinez, Alberto Escarpa, and Martin Pumera*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2022, 14(22), 26128-26134

Catalyst Formation and In Operando Monitoring of the Electrocatalytic Activity in Flow Reactors

Christian Iffelsberger, Stefan Wert, Frank-Michael Matysik, and Martin Pumera*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, 13(30), 35777-35784

Silicane Derivative Increases Doxorubicin Efficacy in an Ovarian Carcinoma Mouse Model: Fighting Drug Resistance

Michaela Fojtů, Jan Balvan, Tomáš Vičar, Hana Holcová-Polanská, Barbora Peltanová,Stanislava Matějková, Martina Raudenská, Jiří Šturala, Paula Mayorga-Burrezo, Michal Masařík and Martin Pumera*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, 13(27), 31355-31370

A Maze in Plastic Wastes: Autonomous Motile Photocatalytic Microrobots against Microplastics

Seyyed Mohsen Beladi-Mousavi, Soňa Hermanová, Yulong Ying, Jan Plutnar, and Martin Pumera*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, 13(21), 25102-25110

Bistable (Supra)molecular Switches on 3D-Printed Responsive Interfaces with Electrical Readout

Jose Muñoz, Edurne Redondo, and Martin Pumera*
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2020, 13(11), 12649-12655

Near-Atomic-Thick Bismuthene Oxide Microsheets for Flexible Aqueous Anodes: Boosted Performance upon 3D → 2D Transition

Seyyed Mohsen Beladi-Mousavi, Jan Plutnar, and Martin Pumera*
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12(50), 55936-55944

MXene-Based Flexible Supercapacitors: Influence of an Organic Ionic Conductor Electrolyte on the Performance

Jayraj V. Vaghasiya, Carmen C. Mayorga-Martinez, Zdenek Sofer, and Martin Pumera*
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12(47), 53039-53048

Positive and Negative Effects of Dopants toward Electrocatalytic Activity of MoS2 and WS2: Experiments and Theory

Veronika Urbanová, Petr Lazar, Nikolas Antonatos, Zdeněk Sofer, Michal Otyepka and Martin Pumera*
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12(18), 20383-20392

Preserving Fine Structure Details and Dramatically Enhancing Electron Transfer Rates in Graphene 3D-Printed Electrodes via Thermal Annealing: Toward Nitroaromatic Explosives Sensing

Filip Novotný, Veronika Urbanová, Jan Plutnar, and Martin Pumera*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2019, 38(11), 35371-35375

Cloisite Microrobots as Self-Propelling Cleaners for Fast and Efficient Removal of Improvised Organophosphate Nerve Agents

Tijana Maric, Muhammad Zafir Mohamad Nasir, Carmen C. Mayorga-Martinez, Nur Farhanah Rosli, Maja Budanović, Kateřina Szokölová, Richard D. Webster, Zdeněk Sofer, and Martin Pumera*
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 11(35), 31832-31843

Recoverable Bismuth-Based Microrobots: Capture, Transport, and On-Demand Release of Heavy Metals and an Anticancer Drug in Confined Spaces

Seyyed Mohsen Beladi-Mousavi, Bahareh Khezri, Ludmila Krejčová, Zbyněk Heger, Zdeněk Sofer, Adrian C. Fisher, Martin Pumera*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2019, 11(14), 13359-13369

ZnO/ZnO2/Pt Janus Micromotors Propulsion Mode Changes with Size and Interface Structure: Enhanced Nitroaromatic Explosives Degradation under Visible Light

Amir Masoud Pourrahimi, Katherine Villa, Yulong Ying, Zdeněk Sofer, Martin Pumera*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2018, 10(49), 42688-42697

3D Printed Graphene Electrodes’ Electrochemical Activation

Michelle P. Browne, Filip Novotný, Zdeněk Sofer, Martin Pumera*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2018, 10(46), 40294-40301

Fuel-Free Light-Powered TiO2/Pt Janus Micromotors for Enhanced Nitroaromatic Explosives Degradation

Lei Kong, Carmen C. Mayorga-Martinez, Jianguo Guan*, Martin Pumera*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2018, 10(26), 22427-22434

MoSe2 Dispersed in Stabilizing Surfactant Media: Effect of the Surfactant Type and Concentration on Electron Transfer and Catalytic Properties

C. Lorena Manzanares Palenzuela, Jan Luxa, Zdeněk Sofer, Martin Pumera*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2018, 10(21), 17820-17826

MoS2 Nanoparticles as Electrocatalytic Labels in Magneto-Immunoassays

Daniel Bouša, Carmen C. Mayorga-Martinez, Vlastimil Mazánek, Zdeněk Sofer, Kristyna Bousova, Martin Pumera*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2018, 10(19), 16861-16866

Tunable Pt-MoSx Hybrid Catalysts for Hydrogen Evolution

Xinyi Chia, Nur Ayu Afira Sutrisnoh, Martin Pumera*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2018, 10(10), 8702-8711

Inverse Opal-like Porous MoSeX Films for Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis: Overpotential-Pore Size Dependence

Xinyi Chia, Martin Pumera*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2018, 10(5), 4937-4945

Composition-Graded MoWSx Hybrids with Tailored Catalytic Activity by Bipolar Electrochemistry

Shu Min Tan, Martin Pumera*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2017, 9(48), 41955-41964

1T-Phase Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (MoS2, MoSe2, WS2, and WSe2) with Fast Heterogeneous Electron Transfer: Application on Second-Generation Enzyme-Based Biosensor

Nasuha Rohaizad, Carmen C. Mayorga-Martinez, Zdeněk Sofer, Martin Pumera*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2017, 9(46), 40697-40706

2H -> 1T Phase Change in Direct Synthesis of WS2 Nanosheets via Solution-Based Electrochemical Exfoliation and Their Catalytic Properties

Shi Xuan Leong, Carmen C. Mayorga-Martinez, Xinyi Chia, Jan Luxa, Zdeněk Sofer, Martin Pumera*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2017, 9(31), 26350-26356

Layered Noble Metal Dichalcogenides: Tailoring Electrochemical and Catalytic Properties

Xinyi Chia, Zdeněk Sofer, Jan Luxa Jan Luxa, Martin Pumera*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2017, 9(30), 25587-25599

Layered Metal Thiophosphite Materials: Magnetic, Electrochemical, and Electronic Properties

Carmen C. Mayorga-Martinez, Zdeněk Sofer, David Sedmidubský, Stepan Huber, Alex Yong Sheng Eng, Martin Pumera*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2017, 9(14), 12563-12573

Microwave Exfoliation of Graphite Oxides in H2S Plasma for the Synthesis of Sulfur-Doped Graphenes as Oxygen Reduction Catalysts

Colin Hong An Wong, Zdeněk Sofer, Katerina Klimova, Martin Pumera*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2016, 8(46), 31849-31855

Bottom-up Electrosynthesis of Highly Active Tungsten Sulfide (WS3-x) Films for Hydrogen Evolution

Shu Min Tan, Martin Pumera*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2016, 8(6), 3948-3957

Carboxylic Carbon Quantum Dots as a Fluorescent Sensing Platform for DNA Detection

Adeline Huiling Loo, Zdeněk Sofer, Daniel Bouša, Pavel Ulbrich, Alessandra Bonanni*, Martin Pumera*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2016, 8(3), 1951-1957