Molecular cybernetics: challenges toward cellular chemical artificial intelligence

S Murata, T Toyota, SM Nomura… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Research on so‐called “chemical artificial intelligence”(CAI) is an emerging field with the
aim of constructing information‐processing systems with learning capabilities based on …

DNA-based molecular machines

X Mao, M Liu, Q Li, C Fan, X Zuo - JACS Au, 2022 - ACS Publications
Artificial molecular machines have found widespread applications ranging from fundamental
studies to biomedicine. More recent advances in exploiting unique physical and chemical …

Functional DNA-based cytoskeletons for synthetic cells

P Zhan, K Jahnke, N Liu, K Göpfrich - Nature chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
The cytoskeleton is an essential component of a cell. It controls the cell shape, establishes
the internal organization, and performs vital biological functions. Building synthetic …

A rhythmically pulsing leaf-spring DNA-origami nanoengine that drives a passive follower

M Centola, E Poppleton, S Ray, M Centola… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Molecular engineering seeks to create functional entities for modular use in the bottom-up
design of nanoassemblies that can perform complex tasks. Such systems require fuel …

Storage of mechanical energy in DNA nanorobotics using molecular torsion springs

M Vogt, M Langecker, M Gouder, E Kopperger… - Nature Physics, 2023 - nature.com
DNA nanostructures are increasingly used for the realization of mechanically active
nanodevices and DNA-based nanorobots. A fundamental challenge in this context is the …

Recent advances in DNA origami-engineered nanomaterials and applications

P Zhan, A Peil, Q Jiang, D Wang, S Mousavi… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
DNA nanotechnology is a unique field, where physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics,
engineering, and materials science can elegantly converge. Since the original proposal of …

Engineering DNA-based cytoskeletons for synthetic cells

K Jahnke, K Göpfrich - Interface Focus, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The development and bottom-up assembly of synthetic cells with a functional cytoskeleton
sets a major milestone to understand cell mechanics and to develop man-made machines …

Stimuli‐responsive DNA origami nanodevices and their biological applications

P Pitikultham, Z Wang, Y Wang, Y Shang… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
DNA origami nanotechnology has provided predictable static nanoarchitectures and
dynamic nanodevices with rationally designed geometries, precise spatial addressability …

Electrokinetic Torque Generation by DNA Nanorobotic Arms Studied via Single-Molecule Fluctuation Analysis

M Vogt, J List, M Langecker, I Santiago… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
DNA nanotechnology has enabled the creation of supramolecular machines, whose shape
and function are inspired from traditional mechanical engineering as well as from biological …

Minimalist Design of Wireframe DNA Nanotubes: Tunable Geometry, Size, Chirality, and Dynamics

X Luo, D Saliba, T Yang, S Gentile… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
DNA nanotubes (NTs) have attracted extensive interest as artificial cytoskeletons for
biomedical, synthetic biology, and materials applications. Here, we report the modular …