Oligo‐Adenine Derived Secondary Nucleic Acid Frameworks: From Structural Characteristics to Applications

Y Hu, I Willner - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Oligo‐adenine (polyA) is primarily known for its critical role in mRNA stability, translational
status, and gene regulation. Beyond its biological functions, extensive research has …

DNA nanostructures for exploring cell–cell communication

Y Wang, Y **ong, K Shi, CY Effah, L Song… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The process of coordinating between the same or multiple types of cells to jointly execute
various instructions in a controlled and carefully regulated environment is a very appealing …

Supramolecular oligo-thymine/melamine nanobridge-driven macroscopic engineering: reprogrammable hydrogels for multi-stimuli responsive architectures

SR Lee, CYJ Ong, JY Wong, Y Ke, Z Dong… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
The arbitrary, modular, and reprogrammable engineering of macroscopic objects by DNA
interactions remains a challenge, despite the well-established use of DNA to drive …

Welded Gold Nanoparticle Assemblies Defined Plasmonic Coupling

X Chen, L Ding, Y Wang, Z Gao, J Li, X Liu, L Wang… - Nano Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Nanoparticle assemblies with interparticle ohmic contacts are crucial for nanodevice
fabrication. Despite tremendous progress in DNA-programmable nanoparticle assemblies …

Construction and bioanalytical applications of poly-adenine-mediated gold nanoparticle-based spherical nucleic acids

Z Shang, Z Deng, X Yi, M Yang, X Nong, M Lin… - Analytical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Owing to the versatile photophysical and chemical properties, spherical nucleic acids
(SNAs) have been widely used in biosensing. However, traditional SNAs are formed by self …

Controlling the thermally-driven crystallization of DNA-coated nanoparticles with formamide

T Hueckel, S Woo, RJ Macfarlane - Soft Matter, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
DNA-coated nanoparticles, also known as programmable atom equivalents (PAEs), facilitate
the construction of materials with nanoscopic precision. Thermal annealing plays a pivotal …

Symmetry-Breaking of Nanoparticle Surface Function Via Conformal DNA Design

X Xu, H Li, Z Hu, M Khan, W Chen, H Hu, Q Wang… - Nano Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Asymmetric surface functionalization of complex nanoparticles to control their directional self-
assembly remains a considerable challenge. Here, we demonstrated a conformal DNA …

DNA Self-Assembly: A Tool to Improve Biochemical Reaction Performance

Q Hu, J Yan, K Ren - ACS Materials Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Biochemical reactions are essential biological processes of living systems, which are also
significant in many fields, such as biomedicine, cytobiology, synthetic biology, and chemical …

Single‐Molecule Assessment of DNA Hybridization Kinetics on Dye‐Loaded DNA Nanostructures

C Li, Y **e, X Cheng, L Xu, G Yao, Q Li, J Shen, C Fan… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
DNA nanostructures offer a versatile platform for precise dye assembly, making them
promising templates for creating photonic complexes with applications in photonics and …

Importance of DNA nanotechnology for DNA methyltransferases in biosensing assays

Y Huang, M Zhang, G Yi, Z Zhao - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
DNA methylation is the process by which specific bases on a DNA sequence acquire methyl
groups under the catalytic action of DNA methyltransferases (DNMT). Abnormal changes in …