Cell-free systems (CFS) have recently evolved into key platforms for synthetic biology
applications. Many synthetic biology tools have traditionally relied on cell-based systems …

Biomineralization, the use of biological systems to produce inorganic materials, has recently
become an attractive approach for the sustainable manufacturing of functional …

Recent advances in cell-free synthetic biology have given rise to gene circuit-based sensors
with the potential to provide decentralized and low-cost molecular diagnostics. However, it …

Résumé Prokaryotes have been shaping the surface of the Earth and impacting
geochemical cycles for the past four billion years. Biomineralization, the capacity to form …

Nature has evolved several unique biomineralization strategies to direct the synthesis and
growth of inorganic materials. These natural systems are complex, involving the interaction …

In-depth understanding and rational manipulation of the electron transfer process and
molecule diffusion process are critical to promote the overall photocatalytic efficiency. In our …

Although droplet-based systems are used in a wide range of technologies, opportunities for
systematically customizing their interface chemistries remain relatively unexplored. This …

Nature provides powerful but as-yet largely unharnessed methods for low-cost, green
synthesis of inorganic functional materials such as quantum dots. These materials have …

This review outlines the strategies we apply for directed enzyme evolution using targeted
libraries, namely, libraries that diversify specific residues with predefined mutational …

Although the use of silicon dioxide (silica) as a constituent of living organisms is mainly
restricted to diatoms and sponges, the ways in which this process is controlled by nature …