Beyond nature's base pairs: machine learning-enabled design of DNA-stabilized silver nanoclusters

P Mastracco, SM Copp - Chemical Communications, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Sequence-encoded biomolecules such as DNA and peptides are powerful programmable
building blocks for nanomaterials. This paradigm is enabled by decades of prior research …

A review on silver-mediated DNA base pairs: methodology and application

Q Sun, X **e, Y Song, L Sun - Biomaterials Research, 2022‏ - Springer
The investigation of the interaction between metal ions and DNA has always attracted much
attention in the fields of bioinorganic chemistry, supramolecular coordination chemistry, and …

Metal‐Mediated DNA Nanotechnology in 3D: Structural Library by Templated Diffraction

S Vecchioni, B Lu, W Livernois, YP Ohayon… - Advanced …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
DNA double helices containing metal‐mediated DNA (mmDNA) base pairs are constructed
from Ag+ and Hg2+ ions between pyrimidine: pyrimidine pairs with the promise of …

Ultrafast Formation of a delocalized triplet-excited state in an epigenetically modified DNA duplex under direct UV excitation

X Wang, L Martínez-Fernández, Y Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Epigenetic modifications impart important functionality to nucleic acids during gene
expression but may increase the risk of photoinduced gene mutations. Thus, it is crucial to …

Heterobimetallic Base Pair Programming in Designer 3D DNA Crystals

B Lu, YP Ohayon, K Woloszyn, C Yang… - Journal of the …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Metal-mediated DNA (mmDNA) presents a pathway toward engineering bioinorganic and
electronic behavior into DNA devices. Many chemical and biophysical forces drive the …

Triplet excimer formation in a DNA duplex with silver ion-mediated base pairs

L Martínez-Fernández, FR Kohl, Y Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
The dynamics of excited electronic states in self-assembled structures formed between silver
(I) ions and cytosine-containing DNA strands or monomeric cytosine derivatives were …

Tug-of-war between DNA chelation and silver agglomeration in DNA–silver cluster chromophores

JT Petty, D Lewis, S Carnahan, D Kim… - The Journal of Physical …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Supramolecular chromophores form when a DNA traps silvers that then coalesce into
clusters with discrete, molecular electronic states. However, DNA strands are polymeric …

An innovative trimetallic-MOF mediated catalytic cleavage activity of FAM tagged Ag10/T-rich DNAzyme as an ultra-sensitive and selective fluorescent biosensor for …

R Pavadai, P Perumal - Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
In this work, specific and sensitive recognition of the dual metal ions (Ag+ & Hg 2+) through
the FAM tagged Ag10/T-rich DNAzyme mediated Trimetallic-MOF (Ni/Zn with K 3 [Co (CN) …

Silver (I)‐Mediated 2D DNA Nanostructures

S Vecchioni, R Lo, Q Huang, K Wang, YP Ohayon… - Small, 2025‏ - Wiley Online Library
Structural DNA nanotechnology enables the self‐organization of matter at the nanometer
scale, but approaches to expand the inorganic and electrical functionality of these scaffolds …

Formation of Novel Octuplex DNA Molecules from Guanine Quadruplexes

L Katrivas, N Fardian‐Melamed, D Rotem… - Advanced …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Guanine quadruplex (G4)‐DNA structures have sparked the interest of many
scientists due to their important biological roles and their potential use in molecular …