Beyond traditional needs of biosensors such as high sensitivity and selectivity for analyte
detection, newly emerging requirements including a real-time detection ability and in-field …

DNA hydrogels, which take advantage of the unique properties of functional DNA motifs,
such as specific molecular recognition, programmable and high‐precision assembly …

Stimuli-responsive materials activated by biological signals play an increasingly important
role in biotechnology applications. We exploit the programmability of CRISPR-associated …

Isothermal amplification of nucleic acids is a simple process that rapidly and efficiently
accumulates nucleic acid sequences at constant temperature. Since the early 1990s …

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 …

Nucleic acids are gaining significant attention as versatile building blocks for the next
generation of soft materials. Due to significant advances in the chemical synthesis and …

The combination of nanostructures with biomolecules leading to the generation of functional
nanosystems holds great promise for biotechnological and biomedical applications. As a …

Researchers have worked for many decades to master the rules of biomolecular design that
would allow artificial biopolymer complexes to self-assemble and function similarly to the …

Development of biosensing platforms plays a key role in research settings for identification
of biomarkers and in clinical applications for diagnostics. Biosensors based on nucleic acids …

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) stores genetic information as a biomolecule, and also is
regarded as a block copolymer and polyanion. Under favorable environments, DNA …