DNA functional materials assembled from branched DNA: design, synthesis, and applications

Y Dong, C Yao, Y Zhu, L Yang, D Luo… - Chemical Reviews, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
DNA is traditionally known as a central genetic biomolecule in living systems. From an
alternative perspective, DNA is a versatile molecular building-block for the construction of …

Stimuli‐responsive crosslinked nanomedicine for cancer treatment

X Xue, H Qu, Y Li - Exploration, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Nanomedicines are attractive paradigms to deliver drugs, contrast agents,
immunomodulators, and gene editors for cancer therapy and diagnosis. However, the …

Innovations in nanoscience for the sustainable development of food and agriculture with implications on health and environment

SA Ashraf, AJ Siddiqui, OE Abd Elmoneim… - Science of the Total …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
A rapid increase in world population is leading to the rise in global demand of food and
agriculture (agri) products. Nanotechnology and its applications have emerged as one of the …

Metal sensing by DNA

W Zhou, R Saran, J Liu - Chemical reviews, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
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 …

Gold nanomaterials at work in biomedicine

X Yang, M Yang, B Pang, M Vara, Y **a - Chemical reviews, 2015‏ - ACS Publications
Gold is a precious metal with a characteristic bright and beautiful hue known as the golden
yellow color.(1) As of 2012, a total of 174,100 tons of Au has been mined in human history …

Gold nanoparticles as efficient sensors in colorimetric detection of toxic metal ions: a review

E Priyadarshini, N Pradhan - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Rapid and high precision detection of toxic metal ions is one of the chief requirements today
to combat environment pollution. Gold nanoparticles play a key role in this by assisting the …

Gold nanoparticles for in vitro diagnostics

W Zhou, X Gao, D Liu, X Chen - Chemical reviews, 2015‏ - ACS Publications
IVD test is a crucial component of clinical care that performs a diagnostic test on biological
samples that have been taken from a living body, such as blood, urine, and tissue.(1) Such …

Colorimetric sensor array based on gold nanoparticles: Design principles and recent advances

J Sun, Y Lu, L He, J Pang, F Yang, Y Liu - TrAC Trends in Analytical …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
A sensor array based on the pattern recognition strategy is good at distinguishing subtle
changes of extremely similar mixtures over a wide range of analyte types. Particularly …

DNAzymes as activity-based sensors for metal ions: recent applications, demonstrated advantages, current challenges, and future directions

RJ Lake, Z Yang, JJ Zhang, Y Lu - Accounts of chemical research, 2019‏ - ACS Publications
Conspectus Metal ions can be beneficial or toxic depending on their identity, oxidation state,
and concentration. Therefore, the ability to detect and quantify different types of metal ions …

Gold nanoparticles as exquisite colorimetric transducers for water pollutant detection

HH Cho, DH Jung, JH Heo, CY Lee… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are useful nanomaterials as transducers for colorimetric
sensors because of their high extinction coefficient and ability to change color depending on …