The authors present a new approach within advanced graphics simulations for the problem of nano-assembly automation and its application in medicine using collective robotics. The problem under study concentrates its main focus on autonomous control for nanorobot teams coordination as a suitable way to perform a large range of tasks and assembly manipulation in a complex environment. The present...

1 Department of Physics and Jiangsu Key laboratory for Advanced Metallic Materials, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China. 2 National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructure, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, National Center of Microstructures and Quantum Manipulation, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China. 3 SEU-FEI Nano-Pico Center, Key Laboratory of MEMS of the Ministr...

In-addition to the applications of imaging and characterization, proximal probes are proposed to be used as three-dimensional (3-D) nano-scale manufacturing tools in this paper. Commercially available Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) systems are mainly limited to 1-D or 2-D manipulation tasks, and advanced 3-D nano-manufacturing applications are not possible. Therefore, this paper proposes 3-D nan...

This paper reports a novel self-detection method for tumor cells using living nano-robots. These living robots are a nonpathogenic strain of E. coli bacteria equipped with naturally synthesized bio-nano-sensory systems that have an affinity to VEGF, an angiogenic factor overly-expressed by cancer cells. The VEGF-affinity/chemotaxis was assessed using several assays including the capillary chemo...

Evolutionary computation for image processing is an encouraging research area. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images when used to characterize metallic and non-metallic nano-particles (size, morphology, structure, or composition), need such advanced image processing algorithms. This paper presents an efficient evolutionary computational method, particle swarm optimization (PSO), for aut...

New and advanced methodologies have been developed to characterize the nano and microstructure of cement paste and concrete exposed to aggressive environments. High resolution full-field soft X-ray imaging in the water window is providing new insight on the nano scale of the cement hydration process, which leads to a nano-optimization of cement-based systems. Hard X-ray microtomography images o...