Comprehensive review on stability and demulsification of unconventional heavy oil-water emulsions

J Ma, M Yao, Y Yang, X Zhang - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022 - Elsevier
Unconventional petroleum ores have been considered to be an important part of petroleum
resources and an important alternative source of chemicals and energy supply. Extremely …

DNA assembly‐based stimuli‐responsive systems

S Lu, J Shen, C Fan, Q Li, X Yang - Advanced Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Stimuli‐responsive designs with exogenous stimuli enable remote and reversible control of
DNA nanostructures, which break many limitations of static nanostructures and inspired …

A temporally resolved DNA framework state machine in living cells

Y Zhao, S Cao, Y Wang, F Li, L Lin, L Guo… - Nature Machine …, 2023 - nature.com
The environments in living cells are highly heterogeneous and compartmentalized, posing a
grand challenge for the deployment of theranostic agents with spatiotemporal precision …

Inhibiting Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Tetrahedral DNA Nanostructure-Enabled Antisense Peptide Nucleic Acid Delivery

Y Zhang, W Ma, Y Zhu, S Shi, Q Li, C Mao, D Zhao… - Nano …, 2018 - ACS Publications
One of the biggest obstacles for the use of antisense oligonucleotides as antibacterial
therapeutics is their limited uptake by bacterial cells without a suitable carrier, especially in …

Design, assembly, and characterization of membrane-spanning DNA nanopores

C Lanphere, D Offenbartl-Stiegert, A Dorey, G Pugh… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
DNA nanopores are bio-inspired nanostructures that control molecular transport across lipid
bilayer membranes. Researchers can readily engineer the structure and function of DNA …

[HTML][HTML] DNA framework-encoded mineralization of calcium phosphate

X Liu, X Jing, P Liu, M Pan, Z Liu, X Dai, J Lin, Q Li… - Chem, 2020 - cell.com
Nature has evolved unique strategies to generate delicate biominerals at various length
scales with genetically encoded protein scaffolds. Nevertheless, the ability to design …

A Membrane Tension‐Responsive Mechanosensitive DNA Nanomachine

H Zheng, H Li, M Li, T Zhai, X Xie, C Li… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Membrane curvature reflects physical forces operating on the lipid membrane, which plays
important roles in cellular processes. Here, we design a mechanosensitive DNA (MSD) …

Dependence of DNA persistence length on ionic strength and ion type

S Guilbaud, L Salomé, N Destainville, M Manghi… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
Even though the persistence length LP of double-stranded DNA plays a pivotal role in cell
biology and nanotechnologies, its dependence on ionic strength I lacks a consensual …

Biomimetic DNA nanotubes: nanoscale channel design and applications

X Liu, Y Zhao, P Liu, L Wang, J Lin… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Biomacromolecular nanotubes play important physiological roles in transmembrane
ion/molecule channeling, intracellular transport, and inter‐cellular communications. While …

Hydrophobic interactions between DNA duplexes and synthetic and biological membranes

SF Jones, H Joshi, SJ Terry, JR Burns… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Equipping DNA with hydrophobic anchors enables targeted interaction with lipid bilayers for
applications in biophysics, cell biology, and synthetic biology. Understanding DNA …