Dandan Xu

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Dandan Xu is a researcher specializing in micro/nanomotors and small-scale robotics, with a particular focus on the design, fabrication, and propulsion mechanisms of helical micro/nanoscale machines. Her work sits at the intersection of materials science, nanotechnology, and biomedical engineering, addressing one of the field's central challenges: enabling autonomous, controllable motion at miniaturized scales within complex biological environments. Her most notable contribution examines how the structural geometry of catalytic helical carbon micro/nanomotors — specifically the number of helical turns — directly governs their motion behavior. This insight advances the fundamental understanding of catalytic propulsion, the most widely adopted driving mechanism in the field, and offers practical design principles for engineering more effective nanoscale machines. Such motors hold significant promise as miniaturized robotic tools capable of navigating highly viscous biological fluids, opening pathways toward targeted drug delivery, minimally invasive diagnostics, and precision biomedical interventions. With her 2019 paper accumulating 10 citations, Xu's research contributes to a rapidly growing and competitive field. Her work reflects a broader ambition to translate micro/nanomotor science from fundamental exploration into real-world biomedical applications, making her a researcher to watch as the discipline matures.