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Micromotors (MMs) are micro and nanoscale devices capable of converting energy into autonomous motion. Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are crystalline materials that display exceptional properties such as high porosity and biocompatibility. The combination of MOFs with MMs can result in a synergetic technology benefiting both from the enhanced fluid mixing of MMs and the exceptional properties of MOFs such as the capability for drug encapsulation. In this communication we will describe the synthesis of magnetocatalytic MOFs MMs using zeolitic imidazole organic frameworks as base units for modification with catalase for catalytic propulsion or ferrite nanoparticles for magnetic propulsion. We will also show the synthesis of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST-1) MOFs using Cu/Ni/Pt MMs as nucleation spots by incubation with the specific ligand, benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylic acid. Selected applications for Alzheimer biomarkers detection and controlled drug delivery will be briefly illustrated.
