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 …

Self‐assembling peptide‐based hydrogels for wound tissue repair

T Guan, J Li, C Chen, Y Liu - Advanced Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Wound healing is a long‐term, multistage biological process that includes hemostasis,
inflammation, proliferation, and tissue remodeling and requires intelligent designs to provide …

Rolling circle amplification (RCA)-based DNA hydrogel

C Yao, R Zhang, J Tang, D Yang - Nature protocols, 2021 - nature.com
DNA hydrogels have unique properties, including sequence programmability, precise
molecular recognition, stimuli-responsiveness, biocompatibility and biodegradability, that …

Hybridization chain reaction: a versatile molecular tool for biosensing, bioimaging, and biomedicine

S Bi, S Yue, S Zhang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Developing powerful, simple and low-cost DNA amplification techniques is of great
significance to bioanalysis and biomedical research. Thus far, many signal amplification …

Polymeric DNA hydrogel: Design, synthesis and applications

F Li, J Tang, J Geng, D Luo, D Yang - Progress in Polymer Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) stores genetic information as a biomolecule, and also is
regarded as a block copolymer and polyanion. Under favorable environments, DNA …

DNA-based communication in populations of synthetic protocells

A Joesaar, S Yang, B Bögels, A van der Linden… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Developing molecular communication platforms based on orthogonal communication
channels is a crucial step towards engineering artificial multicellular systems. Here, we …

Hydrogel: Diversity of structures and applications in food science

J Li, X Jia, L Yin - Food Reviews International, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Hydrogels are a series of soft and wet materials with three dimensions of crosslinked
networks. Hydrogels have attracted great attention due to their diverse functional properties …

Recent advances in protein hydrogels: From design, structural and functional regulations to healthcare applications

Q Zhang, Y Liu, G Yang, H Kong, L Guo… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Protein hydrogels with three-dimensional network structure can be synthesized through both
covalent and noncovalent cross-linking of protein monomers and assemblies, which have …

Photoresponsive DNA materials and their applications

C Wang, MP O'Hagan, Z Li, J Zhang, X Ma… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Photoresponsive nucleic acids attract growing interest as functional constituents in materials
science. Integration of photoisomerizable units into DNA strands provides an ideal handle …

Self‐assembly of enzyme‐like nanofibrous G‐molecular hydrogel for printed flexible electrochemical sensors

R Zhong, Q Tang, S Wang, H Zhang… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Conducting hydrogels provide great potential for creating designer shape‐morphing
architectures for biomedical applications owing to their unique solid–liquid interface and …