This Review presents polysaccharides, oligosaccharides, nucleic acids, peptides, and
proteins as functional stimuli‐responsive polymer scaffolds that yield hydrogels with …

G-Quadruplexes attract growing interest as functional constituents in biology, chemistry,
nanotechnology, and material science. In particular, the reversible dynamic reconfiguration …

This review article introduces mechanistic aspects and applications of photochemically
deprotected ortho-nitrobenzyl (ONB)-functionalized nucleic acids and their impact on …

Photoresponsive nucleic acids attract growing interest as functional constituents in materials
science. Integration of photoisomerizable units into DNA strands provides an ideal handle …

DNA is one of the most fascinating biopolymers. Besides its central role as carrier of genetic
information and translation of the genetic code into proteins, DNA holds great promise as a …

With its capacity to store and transfer the genetic information within a sequence of
monomers, DNA forms its central role in chemical evolution through replication and …

Pyrimidine base pairs in DNA duplexes selectively capture metal ions to form metal ion-
mediated base pairs, which can be evaluated by thermal denaturation, isothermal titration …

Rapid, sensitive, and specific genetic amplification methods have become an indispensable
tool for a wide array of applications including disease diagnostics, 1–3 food safety testing, 4 …

Hg2+ is known to bind very strongly with T–T mismatches in DNA duplexes to form T–Hg2+–
T base pairs, the structure of which is stabilized by covalent N–Hg bonds and exhibits …

Stimuli‐responsive DNA‐functionalized nano‐and microcontainers composed of
mesoporous SiO2 nanoparticles (MP SiO2 NPs), microcapsules, or micelles/vesicles act as …