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Magnetic Hydrogel Microrobots as Insecticide Carriers for In Vivo Insect Pest Control in Plants

HORMIGOS, R. MAYORGA-MARTINEZ, C. PUMERA, M.

Originální název

Magnetic Hydrogel Microrobots as Insecticide Carriers for In Vivo Insect Pest Control in Plants

Typ

článek v časopise ve Web of Science, Jimp

Jazyk

angličtina

Originální abstrakt

The cost of insect pests to human society exceeds USD70 billion per year worldwide in goods, livestock, and healthcare services. Therefore, pesticides are needed to prevent insect damage despite the secondary effects of these chemical agents on non-target organisms. Chemicals encapsulation into carriers is a promising strategy to improve their specificity. Hydrogel-based microrobots show enormous potential as chemical carriers. Herein, hydrogel chitosan magnetic microrobots encapsulating ethyl parathion (EP)-CHI@Fe3O4 are used to efficiently kill mealworm larvae (Tenebrio molitor). The mechanism takes advantage of pH-responsive chitosan degradation at Tenebrio molitor midgut pH to efficiently deliver pesticide into the mealworm intestinal tract in just 2 h. It is observed that under a transversal rotating magnetic field, mealworm populations show higher mortality after 30 min compared to free pesticide. This example of active pesticide carriers based on soft microrobots opens new avenues for microrobots applications in the agrochemical field as active chemical carriers.

Klíčová slova

chemicals delivery; hydrogel; magnetic-driven; nano; microrobots; pesticides

Autoři

HORMIGOS, R.; MAYORGA-MARTINEZ, C.; PUMERA, M.

Vydáno

20. 12. 2023

Nakladatel

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH

Místo

WEINHEIM

ISSN

1613-6829

Periodikum

Small

Ročník

19

Číslo

51

Stát

Spolková republika Německo

Strany počet

8

URL

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smll.202204887

BibTex

@article{BUT182387,
  author="Roberto Maria {Hormigos} and Carmen C. {Mayorga-Martinez} and Martin {Pumera}",
  title="Magnetic Hydrogel Microrobots as Insecticide Carriers for In Vivo Insect Pest Control in Plants",
  journal="Small",
  year="2023",
  volume="19",
  number="51",
  pages="8",
  doi="10.1002/smll.202204887",
  issn="1613-6829",
  url="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smll.202204887"
}