DNA droplets: intelligent, dynamic fluid

H Udono, J Gong, Y Sato, M Takinoue - Advanced Biology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Breathtaking advances in DNA nanotechnology have established DNA as a promising
biomaterial for the fabrication of programmable higher‐order nano/microstructures. In the …

The physics of empty liquids: From patchy particles to water

J Russo, F Leoni, F Martelli… - Reports on Progress in …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Empty liquids represent a wide class of materials whose constituents arrange in a random
network through reversible bonds. Many key insights on the physical properties of empty …

Sequence-based engineering of dynamic functions of micrometer-sized DNA droplets

Y Sato, T Sakamoto, M Takinoue - Science advances, 2020 - science.org
DNA has the potential to achieve a controllable macromolecular structure, such as
hydrogels or droplets formed through liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS), as the design of …

Dynamic control of DNA condensation

S Agarwal, D Osmanovic, M Dizani, MA Klocke… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Artificial biomolecular condensates are emerging as a versatile approach to organize
molecular targets and reactions without the need for lipid membranes. Here we ask whether …

DNA cytoskeleton for stabilizing artificial cells

C Kurokawa, K Fujiwara, M Morita… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Cell-sized liposomes and droplets coated with lipid layers have been used as platforms for
understanding live cells, constructing artificial cells, and implementing functional biomedical …

Pathway-controlled formation of mesostructured all-DNA colloids and superstructures

R Merindol, S Loescher, A Samanta… - Nature nanotechnology, 2018 - nature.com
DNA has traditionally been used for the programmable design of nanostructures by
exploiting its sequence-defined supramolecular recognition. However, control on larger …

Dynamics of vitrimers: Defects as a highway to stress relaxation

S Ciarella, F Sciortino, WG Ellenbroek - Physical review letters, 2018 - APS
We propose a coarse-grained model to investigate stress relaxation in star-polymer
networks induced by dynamic bond-exchange processes. We show how the swapping …

Mechanical properties of DNA hydrogels: Towards highly programmable biomaterials

J Bush, CH Hu, R Veneziano - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
DNA hydrogels are self-assembled biomaterials that rely on Watson–Crick base pairing to
form large-scale programmable three-dimensional networks of nanostructured DNA …

DNA hydrogel assemblies: Bridging synthesis principles to biomedical applications

MA Shahbazi, T Bauleth‐Ramos… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
DNA is a perfect polymeric molecule for interfacing biology with material science to construct
hydrogels that represent fascinating properties for a wide variety of biomedical applications …

The flexibility-based modulation of DNA nanostar phase separation

T Lee, S Do, JG Lee, DN Kim, Y Shin - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Phase separation of biomolecules plays key roles in physiological compartmentalization as
well as pathological aggregation. A deeper understanding of biomolecular phase separation …