Plasmonic tweezers: for nanoscale optical trap** and beyond

Y Zhang, C Min, X Dou, X Wang, HP Urbach… - Light: Science & …, 2021 - nature.com
Optical tweezers and associated manipulation tools in the far field have had a major impact
on scientific and engineering research by offering precise manipulation of small objects …

Artificial cells: past, present and future

W Jiang, Z Wu, Z Gao, M Wan, M Zhou, C Mao… - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Artificial cells are constructed to imitate natural cells and allow researchers to explore
biological process and the origin of life. The construction methods for artificial cells, through …

Plasmonic heating of nanostructures

L Jauffred, A Samadi, H Klingberg, PM Bendix… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The absorption of light by plasmonic nanostructures and their associated temperature
increase are exquisitely sensitive to the shape and composition of the structure and to the …

Roadmap for optical tweezers

G Volpe, OM Maragò… - Journal of Physics …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Optical tweezers are tools made of light that enable contactless pushing, trap**, and
manipulation of objects, ranging from atoms to space light sails. Since the pioneering work …

Biocatalytic cascades operating on macromolecular scaffolds and in confined environments

M Vázquez-González, C Wang, I Willner - Nature Catalysis, 2020 - nature.com
Biocatalytic cascades guide complex, efficient and selective intracellular transformations.
These unique features originate from the spatial organization of the biocatalysts in confined …

Creating complex protocells and prototissues using simple DNA building blocks

N Arulkumaran, M Singer, S Howorka… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Building synthetic protocells and prototissues hinges on the formation of biomimetic skeletal
frameworks. Recreating the complexity of cytoskeletal and exoskeletal fibers, with their …

Versatile phospholipid assemblies for functional synthetic cells and artificial tissues

X Wang, H Du, Z Wang, W Mu, X Han - Advanced materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The bottom‐up construction of a synthetic cell from nonliving building blocks capable of
mimicking cellular properties and behaviors helps to understand the particular biophysical …

A Biocatalytic Cascade in an Ultrastable Mesoporous Hydrogen‐Bonded Organic Framework for Point‐of‐Care Biosensing

Z Tang, X Li, L Tong, H Yang, J Wu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, we report the first example of using mesoporous hydrogen‐bonded organic
frameworks (MHOFs) as the protecting scaffold to organize a biocatalytic cascade. The …

Microfluidics for biosynthesizing: from droplets and vesicles to artificial cells

Y Ai, R **e, J **ong, Q Liang - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Fabrication of artificial biomimetic materials has attracted abundant attention. As one of the
subcategories of biomimetic materials, artificial cells are highly significant for multiple …