DNA-empowered synthetic cells as minimalistic life forms

A Samanta, L Baranda Pellejero, M Masukawa… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Cells, the fundamental units of life, orchestrate intricate functions—motility, adaptation,
replication, communication, and self-organization within tissues. Originating from …

Recent advances in DNA origami-engineered nanomaterials and applications

P Zhan, A Peil, Q Jiang, D Wang, S Mousavi… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
DNA nanotechnology is a unique field, where physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics,
engineering, and materials science can elegantly converge. Since the original proposal of …

Construction strategy of functionalized liposomes and multidimensional application

C Wang, X Lan, L Zhu, Y Wang, X Gao, J Li, H Tian… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Liposomes are widely used in the biological field due to their good biocompatibility and
surface modification properties. With the development of biochemistry and material science …

Functionalization and higher-order organization of liposomes with DNA nanostructures

Z Zhang, Z Feng, X Zhao, D Jean, Z Yu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Small unilamellar vesicles (SUVs) are indispensable model membranes, organelle mimics,
and drug and vaccine carriers. However, the lack of robust techniques to functionalize or …

“Hot” in plasmonics: temperature‐related concepts and applications of metal nanostructures

C Kuppe, KR Rusimova, L Ohnoutek… - Advanced Optical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in nonlinear optics, hot electrons for renewable energy (eg, solar cells and
water‐splitting), acousto‐optics, nanometalworking, nanorobotics, steam generation, and …

Nucleic acid amphiphiles: synthesis, properties, and applications

A Gubu, X Zhang, A Lu, B Zhang, Y Ma… - … Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2023 - cell.com
Nucleic acid amphiphiles, referring to nucleic acids modified with large hydrophobic groups,
have been widely used in programmable bioengineering. Since nucleic acids are …

DNA nanotechnology enters cell membranes

S Huo, H Li, AJ Boersma, A Herrmann - Advanced Science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
DNA is more than a carrier of genetic information: It is a highly versatile structural motif for
the assembly of nanostructures, giving rise to a wide range of functionalities. In this regard …

Controlling aggregation of cholesterol-modified DNA nanostructures

A Ohmann, K Göpfrich, H Joshi… - Nucleic acids …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
DNA nanotechnology allows for the design of programmable DNA-built nanodevices which
controllably interact with biological membranes and even mimic the function of natural …

Lipid-based nanoparticles for photosensitive drug delivery systems

G Shim, S Jeong, JL Oh, Y Kang - Journal of pharmaceutical investigation, 2022 - Springer
Background Numerous drug delivery strategies have been studied, but many hurdles exist
in drug delivery rates to the target site. Recently, researchers have attempted to remotely …

Thermo‐responsive actuation of a DNA origami flexor

VA Turek, R Chikkaraddy, S Cormier… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Nanomachines capable of controlled programmable work at the nanoscale promise to
revolutionize a vast range of research and eventually should impact on daily lives. Due to …