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 …

Over the past few decades, DNA nanotechnology engenders a vast variety of programmable
nanostructures utilizing Watson–Crick base pairing. Due to their precise engineering …

Rational design of self-assembled DNA nanostructures has become one of the fastest-
growing research areas in molecular science. Particular attention is focused on the …

The double-helix structure of DNA, in which complementary strands reversibly hybridize to
each other, not only explains how genetic information is stored and replicated, but also has …

The incorporation of metal ions into nucleic acids by means of metal‐mediated base pairs
represents a promising and prominent strategy for the site‐specific decoration of these self …

Metal-mediated artificial DNA base pairs, consisting of two ligand-type nucleosides and a
bridging metal ion, are promising building units for constructing DNA-based …

Allosteric regulation is gaining increasing attention as a basis for the production of stimuli-
responsive materials in many research areas including DNA nanotechnology. We expected …

Metal-mediated base pairs represent a topical area of research at the border of bioinorganic
chemistry, supramolecular coordination chemistry and DNA nanotechnology. In a metal …

Metal ions are ubiquitous elements within our environments. Their excessive accumulation
poses a great threat to human health. With the development of biology and bioanalytical …

An ultrasensitive controlled release system electrochemical aptasensor (CRSEA) has been
developed for supersensitive determination of mercury ions (Hg2+), using gold nanoparticle …