The discovery of the first “living” radical polymerization by Otsu and co-workers (1) in 1982
heralded the start of a very exciting time for polymer chemists. Since then, a plethora of living …

Stimuli-responsive polymers adapt to their surrounding environment. These polymers are
capable of responding to a variety of external stimuli, which include optical, electrical …

Combining synthetic polymers with RNA paves the way for creating RNA-based materials
with non-canonical functions. We have developed an acylation reagent that allows for direct …

Dynamic DNA nanotechnology involves the creation of nanoscale devices made of DNA
whose primary function arises from their ability to undergo controlled motion or …

DNA nanotechnology has seen large developments over the last 30 years through the
combination of solid phase synthesis and the discovery of DNA nanostructures. Solid phase …

The conjugation of synthetic polymers with various biomolecules provides an easy access to
biohybrid materials which combine advantages from both the synthetic world and Nature …

UiO-66 metal–organic framework nanoparticles (NMOFs) gated by aptamer-functionalized
DNA tetrahedra provide superior biomarker-responsive hybrid nano-carriers for biomedical …

Highlights•New assembly approaches of DNA nanostructures with increased complexity.•
Biotechnological approaches for improved scalability of DNA assembly.•Blunt-end stacking …

DNA not only plays a vital role in nature as fundamental hereditary material for storing
genetic material, but also serves as well-defined functional material, for example, building …

Modifying biomacromolecules with synthetic polymers has been a powerful approach to
developing multifunctional hybrid biomaterials for nanoscience and biomedical applications …