This review focuses on fundamental advances in DNA origami design and its emerging
applications. For convenience, applications are coarsely categorized into nanofabrication …

Membrane nanopores—hollow nanoscale barrels that puncture biological or synthetic
membranes—have become powerful tools in chemical-and biosensing, and have achieved …

MicroRNA (miR)‐based therapy shows strong potential; however, structural limitations pose
a challenge in fully exploiting its biomedical functionality. Tetrahedral framework DNA (tFNA) …

Controlled transport of biomolecules across lipid bilayer membranes is of profound
significance in biological processes. In cells, cargo exchange is mediated by dedicated …

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are nanosized lipid bilayer vesicles most notably from either
endosomal (ie, exosomes) or plasma membrane origins (ie, microvesicles/ectosomes) and …

Transmembrane nanostructures like ion channels and transporters perform key biological
functions by controlling flow of molecules across lipid bilayers. Much work has gone into …

Nanoparticles offer clear advantages for both passive and active penetration into
biologically important membranes. However, the uptake and localization mechanism of …

Cell entry of anionic nano-objects has been observed in various types of viruses and self-
assembled DNA nanostructures. Nevertheless, the physical mechanism underlying the …

Biological membrane channels mediate information exchange between cells and facilitate
molecular recognition. While tuning the shape and function of membrane channels for …

Artificial lipid-bilayer membranes are valuable tools for the study of membrane structure and
dynamics. For applications such as the study of vesicular transport and drug delivery, there …