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 …

Advances in single-molecule junctions as tools for chemical and biochemical analysis

EM Dief, PJ Low, I Díez-Pérez, N Darwish - Nature Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
The development of miniaturized electronics has led to the design and construction of
powerful experimental platforms capable of measuring electronic properties to the level of …

Development of Aptamer-DNAzyme based metal-nucleic acid frameworks for gastric cancer therapy

J Yan, R Bhadane, M Ran, X Ma, Y Li, D Zheng… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The metal-nucleic acid nanocomposites, first termed metal-nucleic acid frameworks (MNFs)
in this work, show extraordinary potential as functional nanomaterials. However, thus far …

Simultaneous Fe2+/Fe3+ imaging shows Fe3+ over Fe2+ enrichment in Alzheimer's disease mouse brain

Y Wu, SF Torabi, RJ Lake, S Hong, Z Yu, P Wu… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Visualizing redox-active metal ions, such as Fe2+ and Fe3+ ions, are essential for
understanding their roles in biological processes and human diseases. Despite the …

A comprehensive review on recent advances in copper sensors

T Chopra, S Sasan, L Devi, R Parkesh… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Copper (Cu 2+) exists in nature and biological systems and therefore its detection
in soil, blood, urine, water, agriculture and food samples is of great significance. Attempts to …

Spatiotemporal manipulation metal–organic frameworks as oral drug delivery systems for precision medicine

Z Wang, J Chen, R Gao, L Jiang, G Zhang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Oral drug administration is the preferred method for delivering medications due to its safety,
ease of ingestion, high patient compliance, absence of pain, and adaptability to a wide …

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 …

Functional nucleic acid-based hydrogels for bioanalytical and biomedical applications

J Li, L Mo, CH Lu, T Fu, HH Yang, W Tan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogels are crosslinked hydrophilic polymers that can absorb a large amount of water. By
their hydrophilic, biocompatible and highly tunable nature, hydrogels can be tailored for …

Single-Layer MoS2-Based Nanoprobes for Homogeneous Detection of Biomolecules

C Zhu, Z Zeng, H Li, F Li, C Fan… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - ACS Publications
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Colorimetric and fluorescent Schiff base sensors for trace detection of pollutants and biologically significant cations: a review (2010–2021)

A Kumar, M Saini, B Mohan, M Kamboj - Microchemical Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
The colorimetric and fluorescent Schiff base sensors have proven to be powerful tools in the
detection of metal ions due to their simplicity, low cost, rapid photophysical response, high …