From mechanical resilience to active material properties in biopolymer networks

F Burla, Y Mulla, BE Vos, A Aufderhorst-Roberts… - Nature Reviews …, 2019‏ - nature.com
The cells and tissues that make up our body manage contradictory mechanical demands. It
is crucial for their survival to be able to withstand large mechanical loads, but it is equally …

DNA origami nano-mechanics

J Ji, D Karna, H Mao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Invention of DNA origami has transformed the fabrication and application of biological
nanomaterials. In this review, we discuss DNA origami nanoassemblies according to their …

Designer peptide–DNA cytoskeletons regulate the function of synthetic cells

ML Daly, K Nishi, SJ Klawa, KY Hinton, Y Gao… - Nature Chemistry, 2024‏ - nature.com
The bottom-up engineering of artificial cells requires a reconfigurable cytoskeleton that can
organize at distinct locations and dynamically modulate its structural and mechanical …

Environment‐dependent stability and mechanical properties of DNA origami six‐helix bundles with different crossover spacings

Y **n, P Piskunen, A Suma, C Li, H Ijäs, S Ojasalo… - Small, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
The internal design of DNA nanostructures defines how they behave in different
environmental conditions, such as endonuclease‐rich or low‐Mg2+ solutions. Notably, the …

A micro-rheological and rheological study of biopolymers solutions: Hyaluronic acid

A Dodero, R Williams, S Gagliardi, S Vicini… - Carbohydrate …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Hyaluronic acid (HA) solutions represent an important class of biomedical products, mostly
used as viscosupplements in orthopaedics and as fillers in the cosmetic industry. The focus …

When microrheology, bulk rheology, and microfluidics meet: Broadband rheology of hydroxyethyl cellulose water solutions

F Del Giudice, M Tassieri, C Oelschlaeger… - …, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
In this work, we present new insights related to a debate on the morphological structure of
hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) molecules when dissolved in water, ie, whether HEC adopts a …

Actin and microtubule networks contribute differently to cell response for small and large strains

H Kubitschke, J Schnauß, KD Nnetu… - New Journal of …, 2017‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Cytoskeletal filaments provide cells with mechanical stability and organization. The main key
players are actin filaments and microtubules governing a cell's response to mechanical …

Force-induced unravelling of DNA origami

MC Engel, DM Smith, MA Jobst, M Sajfutdinow… - ACS …, 2018‏ - ACS Publications
The mechanical properties of DNA nanostructures are of widespread interest as applications
that exploit their stability under constant or intermittent external forces become increasingly …

[HTML][HTML] The art of designing DNA nanostructures with CAD software

M Glaser, S Deb, F Seier, A Agrawal, T Liedl… - Molecules, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Since the arrival of DNA nanotechnology nearly 40 years ago, the field has progressed from
its beginnings of envisioning rather simple DNA structures having a branched, multi-strand …

From DNA tiles to functional DNA materials

A Heuer-Jungemann, T Liedl - Trends in Chemistry, 2019‏ - cell.com
Over the past few decades, DNA has turned into one of the most widely used molecular
linkers and a versatile building block for the self-assembly of DNA nanostructures. Such …