Sequence-specific nucleic acids exhibiting selective recognition properties towards low-
molecular-weight substrates and macromolecules (aptamers) find growing interest as …

Beyond traditional needs of biosensors such as high sensitivity and selectivity for analyte
detection, newly emerging requirements including a real-time detection ability and in-field …

Aptamers represent a class of single‐stranded DNA or RNA oligonucleotides that play
important roles in biosensing and biomedical applications. However, aptamers can gain …

With the progress in two distinct areas of nanotechnology and aptamer identification
technologies, the two fields have merged to what is known as aptamer nanotechnology …

Although RNA and DNA are best known for their capacity to encode biological information, it
has become increasingly clear over the past few decades that these biomolecules are also …

The past decade has witnessed extensive research in the field of biosensors, where
nanoaptasensors achieved widespread interest. Aptamer, the single-stranded DNA or RNA …

DNA aptamers are oligonucleotides with high affinity and specificity to a target. Aptamers are
used as molecular recognition elements in nanoscience, nanotechnology, and …

“Smart” materials are an emerging category of multifunctional materials with physical or
chemical properties that can be controllably altered in response to an external stimulus. By …

A wide variety of nanomaterials have emerged in recent years with advantageous properties
for a plethora of therapeutic and diagnostic applications. Such applications include drug …

Aptamers are promising alternative binders that can substitute antibodies in various
applications. Due to the advantages of aptamers, namely their high affinity, specificity and …