All life forms have an absolute requirement for metals, as metals play critical roles in
fundamental processes, including osmotic regulation, catalysis, metabolism …

Exposure to even very low levels of lead, cadmium, and mercury ions is known to cause
neurological, reproductive, cardiovascular, and developmental disorders, which are more …

Iron is one of the most important elements in metabolic processes, being indispensable for
all living systems and therefore it is extensively distributed in environmental and biological …

After a brief introduction on the main transduction mechanisms for metal ion detection by
fluorescence, this paper reviews ligand molecules containing fluorophores synthesized and …

A highly sensitive and selective colorimetric lead biosensor based on DNAzyme-directed
assembly of gold nanoparticles is reported. It consists of a DNAzyme and its substrate that …

DNAzymes have shown great promise as a general platform for detecting metal ions, as
many metal-specific DNAzymes can be obtained using in vitro selection. While DNAzyme …

The recent discovery of catalytically active DNAs (deoxyribozymes) 1 has led to a wide-
spread interest in their use as simple, stable, and cost-effective alternatives to proteins and …

The combination of high metal selectivity of DNAzymes with the strong distance-dependent
optical properties of metallic nanoparticles has presented considerable opportunities for …

A pincer-like benzene-bridged sensor 1 with a pyrene excimer as a signal source and
imidazolium as a phosphate anion receptor was synthesized and investigated for ATP …

On the basis of the remarkable difference in affinity of graphene (GO) with ssDNA containing
a different number of bases in length, we for the first time report a GO–DNAzyme based …