DNA origami: scaffolds for creating higher order structures

F Hong, F Zhang, Y Liu, H Yan - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
DNA has become one of the most extensively used molecular building blocks for
engineering self-assembling materials. DNA origami is a technique that uses hundreds of …

Biomolecular damage induced by ionizing radiation: the direct and indirect effects of low-energy electrons on DNA

E Alizadeh, TM Orlando, L Sanche - Annual review of physical …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Many experimental and theoretical advances have recently allowed the study of direct and
indirect effects of low-energy electrons (LEEs) on DNA damage. In an effort to explain how …

[HTML][HTML] Structural stability of DNA origami nanostructures under application-specific conditions

S Ramakrishnan, H Ijäs, V Linko, A Keller - Computational and structural …, 2018 - Elsevier
With the introduction of the DNA origami technique, it became possible to rapidly synthesize
almost arbitrarily shaped molecular nanostructures at nearly stoichiometric yields. The …

DNA origami-based protein networks: from basic construction to emerging applications

G Kong, M **ong, L Liu, L Hu, HM Meng, G Ke… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Natural living systems are driven by delicate protein networks whose functions are precisely
controlled by many parameters, such as number, distance, orientation, and position …

Driving DNA origami assembly with a terahertz wave

C Zhang, Y Yuan, K Wu, Y Wang, S Zhu, J Shi… - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Terahertz (THz) waves show nontrivial interactions with living systems, but the underlying
molecular mechanisms have yet to be explored. Here, we employ DNA origami as a model …

DNA nanostructures as programmable biomolecular scaffolds

YR Yang, Y Liu, H Yan - Bioconjugate chemistry, 2015 - ACS Publications
This Review focuses on how to use DNA nanostructures as scaffolds to organize biological
molecules. First, we introduce the use of structural DNA nanotechnology to engineer …

DNA origami based Au–Ag-core–shell nanoparticle dimers with single-molecule SERS sensitivity

J Prinz, C Heck, L Ellerik, V Merk, I Bald - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
DNA origami nanostructures are a versatile tool to arrange metal nanostructures and other
chemical entities with nanometer precision. In this way gold nanoparticle dimers with …

Roadmap on dynamics of molecules and clusters in the gas phase

H Zettergren, A Domaracka, T Schlathölter… - The European Physical …, 2021 - Springer
This roadmap article highlights recent advances, challenges and future prospects in studies
of the dynamics of molecules and clusters in the gas phase. It comprises nineteen …

Low-energy electron damage to condensed-phase DNA and its constituents

Y Gao, Y Zheng, L Sanche - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The complex physical and chemical reactions between the large number of low-energy (0–
30 eV) electrons (LEEs) released by high energy radiation interacting with genetic material …

Low-energy (5–20 eV) electron-induced single and double strand breaks in well-defined DNA sequences

K Ebel, I Bald - The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ionizing radiation is used in cancer radiation therapy to effectively damage the DNA of
tumors. The main damage is due to generation of highly reactive secondary species such as …