DNA origami

S Dey, C Fan, KV Gothelf, J Li, C Lin, L Liu… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Biological materials are self-assembled with near-atomic precision in living cells, whereas
synthetic 3D structures generally lack such precision and controllability. Recently, DNA …

The biological applications of DNA nanomaterials: current challenges and future directions

W Ma, Y Zhan, Y Zhang, C Mao, X Xie… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
DNA, a genetic material, has been employed in different scientific directions for various
biological applications as driven by DNA nanotechnology in the past decades, including …

DNA functional materials assembled from branched DNA: design, synthesis, and applications

Y Dong, C Yao, Y Zhu, L Yang, D Luo… - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
DNA is traditionally known as a central genetic biomolecule in living systems. From an
alternative perspective, DNA is a versatile molecular building-block for the construction of …

Advances of medical nanorobots for future cancer treatments

X Kong, P Gao, J Wang, Y Fang, KC Hwang - Journal of Hematology & …, 2023 - Springer
Early detection and diagnosis of many cancers is very challenging. Late stage detection of a
cancer always leads to high mortality rates. It is imperative to develop novel and more …

DNA-based programmable gate arrays for general-purpose DNA computing

H Lv, N Xie, M Li, M Dong, C Sun, Q Zhang, L Zhao… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The past decades have witnessed the evolution of electronic and photonic integrated
circuits, from application specific to programmable,. Although liquid-phase DNA circuitry …

Principles and applications of nucleic acid strand displacement reactions

FC Simmel, B Yurke, HR Singh - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Dynamic DNA nanotechnology, a subfield of DNA nanotechnology, is concerned with the
study and application of nucleic acid strand-displacement reactions. Strand-displacement …

DNA walkers for biosensing development

L Song, Y Zhuge, X Zuo, M Li, F Wang - Advanced Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The ability to design nanostructures with arbitrary shapes and controllable motions has
made DNA nanomaterials used widely to construct diverse nanomachines with various …

Photocleavable Ortho-Nitrobenzyl-Protected DNA Architectures and Their Applications

MP O'Hagan, Z Duan, F Huang, S Laps, J Dong… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
This review article introduces mechanistic aspects and applications of photochemically
deprotected ortho-nitrobenzyl (ONB)-functionalized nucleic acids and their impact on …

High-entropy alloy nanopatterns by prescribed metallization of DNA origami templates

M Xie, W Fang, Z Qu, Y Hu, Y Zhang, J Chao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
High-entropy multimetallic nanopatterns with controlled morphology, composition and
uniformity hold great potential for developing nanoelectronics, nanophotonics and catalysis …

Pattern recognition directed assembly of plasmonic gap nanostructures for single-molecule SERS

R Niu, F Gao, D Wang, D Zhu, S Su, S Chen… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Gold nanocubes (AuNCs) with tunable localized surface plasmon resonance properties are
good candidates for plasmonic gap nanostructures (PGNs) with hot spots (areas with …