Traditional biochemical methods for enzyme detection are mainly based on antibody-based
immunoassays, which lack the ability to monitor the spatiotemporal distribution and, in …

Cell surface carbohydrates mediate a wide range of carbohydrate–protein interactions key
to healthy and disease mechanisms. Many of such interactions are multivalent in nature and …

The ability to simultaneously monitor multiple analytes in, for example, a single microplate
well, is important for both basic research and clinical applications. In particular, for disease …

Carbohydrates are important as signaling molecules and for cellular recognition events,
therefore offering scope for the development of carbohydrate-mimetic diagnostics and drug …

Human beings are “machines” that use endogenously produced biomolecules as
“components” in signaling and for the maintenance of the body. These biomolecules consist …

Glycoconjugates and their applications as lectin ligands in biology have been thoroughly
investigated in the past decades. Meanwhile, the intrinsic properties of such multivalent …

There is an increasing demand to develop effective methods for treating malignant diseases
to improve healthcare in our society. Stimuli-responsive nanosystems, which can respond to …

Ever since the discovery of graphene, increasing efforts have been devoted to the use of this
stellar material as well as the development of other graphene‐like materials such as thin …

Membrane receptors, among other membrane proteins that universally exist on the cell
surface, are a class of important macromolecules responsible for cell-signaling processes …

The development of small-molecule fluorescent probes for the detection of ions and
biomacromolecules and for cellular and in vivo imaging has been a very active research …