The pathway to intelligence: using stimuli‐responsive materials as building blocks for constructing smart and functional systems

X Zhang, L Chen, KH Lim, S Gonuguntla… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Systems that are intelligent have the ability to sense their surroundings, analyze,
and respond accordingly. In nature, many biological systems are considered intelligent (eg …

Mechanisms of autocatalysis

AJ Bissette, SP Fletcher - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐replication is a fundamental concept. The idea of an entity that can repeatedly create
more of itself has captured the imagination of many thinkers from von Neumann to …

BSA-stabilized Pt nanozyme for peroxidase mimetics and its application on colorimetric detection of mercury (II) ions

W Li, B Chen, H Zhang, Y Sun, J Wang, J Zhang… - Biosensors and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Bovine serum albumin (BSA) is chosen as the nucleation templates to synthesize Pt-based
peroxidase nanomimetics with the average diameter of 2.0 nm. The efficient Pt nanozymes …

A Telomerase‐Assisted Strategy for Regeneration of DNA Nanomachines in Living Cells

Q Zhang, Y Wang, W Wang, Q Min… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
DNA nanomachines have been engineered into diverse personalized devices for diagnostic
imaging of biomarkers; however, the regeneration of DNA nanomachines in living cells …

Solid-state nanopore sensors with enhanced sensitivity through nucleic acid amplification

X Zhang, H Dou, X Chen, M Lin, Y Dai… - Analytical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Solid-state nanopores have wide applications in DNA sequencing, energy conversion and
storage, seawater desalination, sensors, and reactors due to their high stability, controllable …

Triggering depolymerization: progress and opportunities for self-immolative polymers

RE Yardley, AR Kenaree, ER Gillies - Macromolecules, 2019 - ACS Publications
Polymers that depolymerize end-to-end upon cleavage of their backbones or end-caps,
often termed “self-immolative” polymers (SIPs), have garnered significant interest in recent …

DNA-functionalized dye-loaded polymeric nanoparticles: ultrabright FRET platform for amplified detection of nucleic acids

N Melnychuk, AS Klymchenko - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Going beyond the limits of optical biosensing motivates exploration of signal amplification
strategies that convert a single molecular recognition event into a response equivalent to …

Recent development of sandwich assay based on the nanobiotechnologies for proteins, nucleic acids, small molecules, and ions

J Shen, Y Li, H Gu, F Xia, X Zuo - Chemical Reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
For decades, the sandwich assay has been a mainstay in the fields of biodetection, clinical
diagnostics, environmental monitoring, and quality control in various industries. By …

Autocatalysis: Kinetics, mechanisms and design

AI Hanopolskyi, VA Smaliak, AI Novichkov… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The importance of autocatalysis spans from practical applications such as in chemically
amplified photoresists, to autocatalysis playing a fundamental role in evolution as well as a …

Near–infrared–excited photothermal–pyroelectric synergy promoted paper–based sensing platform for enhanced photoelectrochemical analysis performance

L Li, G Wang, Y Rong, Y Zhang, J Huang, Y Zhang… - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Exploring and regulating photothermal materials–driven pyroelectric effects may aroused
remarkable possibilities for the next generation of in–vitro point–of–care diagnosis. In the …