Metal ions are essential to many chemical, biological, and environmental processes. In the
past two decades, many DNA-based metal sensors have emerged. While the main …

This review is focused on the structural and physicochemical aspects of metal cation
coordination to G-Quadruplexes (GQ) and their effects on GQ stability and conformation. G …

The base sequence of nucleic acid encodes structural and functional properties into the
biopolymer. Structural information includes the formation of duplexes, G‐quadruplexes, i …

Molecular self‐assembly is central to many processes in both biology and supramolecular
chemistry. The G‐quartet, a hydrogen‐bonded macrocycle formed by cation‐templated …

DNA-based biosensors have been widely used for its stable chemical properties, cost-
effectiveness, and easy modification. G-quadruplex (G4) DNA has attracted growing interest …

In contrast to B-DNA that has a right-handed double helical structure with Watson–Crick
base pairing under the ordinary physiological conditions, repetitive DNA sequences under …

The two-volume Encyclopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry offers authoritative, centralized
information on a rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field. User-friendly and high-quality …

A Pb2+-driven DNA molecular device which is constructed based on a DNA duplex−
quadruplex exchange is utilized for the highly selective and sensitive detection of Pb2+. The …

A cation-driven allosteric G-quadruplex DNAzyme (PW17) was utilized to devise a
conceptually new class of DNA logic gate based on cation-tuned ligand binding and …

A novel one step synthesis of water soluble Au and Ag nanoparticles has been reported at
room temperature using a naturally occurring bifunctional molecule, namely, gallic acid. The …