Anastasia Terzopoulou
Papers
8
Total Citations
927
H-Index
7
About
Anastasia Terzopoulou is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of microrobotics and materials science, whose work focuses on developing biodegradable, biocompatible small-scale robots for biomedical applications. Her major contributions center on integrating metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) into microrobotic platforms, creating "MOFBOTs" that combine high drug-loading capacities with magnetic motility for targeted drug delivery. Her most cited work, a 2018 study on 3D-printed enzymatically biodegradable soft helical microswimmers (363 citations), established foundational principles for transient microrobots. She also introduced "CANDYBOTS," sugar-based 3D-printed robots that fully degrade in biological environments, and pioneered biotemplating methods using cyanobacteria to assemble MOF nanocrystals onto helical structures. With over 900 total citations across her key publications, Terzopoulou’s research directly addresses critical challenges in clinical translation—namely biocompatibility, degradability, and drug loading efficiency—making her a leading voice in the next generation of therapeutic microrobots.
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Top Papers
- 13D Printed Enzymatically Biodegradable Soft Helical Microswimmers363 citations · 2018
- 2MOFBOTS: Metal–Organic‐Framework‐Based Biomedical Microrobots222 citations · 2019
- 3Biodegradable Metal–Organic Framework‐Based Microrobots (MOFBOTs)129 citations · 2020
- 4Metal–Organic Frameworks in Motion110 citations · 2020
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