Switchable and dynamic G-quadruplexes and their applications

J Dong, MP O'Hagan, I Willner - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
G-Quadruplexes attract growing interest as functional constituents in biology, chemistry,
nanotechnology, and material science. In particular, the reversible dynamic reconfiguration …

Photoresponsive DNA materials and their applications

C Wang, MP O'Hagan, Z Li, J Zhang, X Ma… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Photoresponsive nucleic acids attract growing interest as functional constituents in materials
science. Integration of photoisomerizable units into DNA strands provides an ideal handle …

Aptamer-modified Au nanoparticles: Functional nanozyme bioreactors for cascaded catalysis and catalysts for chemodynamic treatment of cancer cells

Y Ouyang, M Fadeev, P Zhang, R Carmieli, J Li… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polyadenine-stabilized Au nanoparticles (pA-AuNPs) reveal dual nanozyme catalytic
activities toward the H2O2-mediated oxidation of dopamine to aminochrome and toward the …

Dynamic reconfigurable DNA nanostructures, networks and materials

J Wang, Z Li, I Willner - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
DNA nanotechnology relies on the structural and functional information encoded in nucleic
acids. Specifically, the sequence‐guided reconfiguration of nucleic acids by auxiliary …

Aptamer‐Modified Homogeneous Catalysts, Heterogenous Nanoparticle Catalysts, and Photocatalysts: Functional “Nucleoapzymes”,“Aptananozymes”, and “ …

Y Ouyang, MP O'Hagan, B Willner… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Conjugation of aptamers to homogeneous catalysts (“nucleoapzymes”), heterogeneous
nanoparticle catalysts (“aptananozymes”), and photocatalysts (“photoaptazymes”) yields …

Aptamer-functionalized micro-and nanocarriers for controlled release

M Vazquez-Gonzalez, I Willner - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Sequence-specific nucleic acids recognizing low-molecular-weight ligands or
macromolecules (aptamers) have found growing interest for biomedical applications. The …

Transient Transcription Machineries Modulate Dynamic Functions of G‐Quadruplexes: Temporal Regulation of Biocatalytic Circuits, Gene Replication and …

J Dong, I Willner - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Native G‐quadruplex‐regulated temporal biocatalytic circuits, gene polymerization, and
transcription processes are emulated by biomimetic, synthetically engineered transcription …

Nucleic acid-functionalized nanozymes and their applications

Y Qin, Y Ouyang, I Willner - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanozymes are inorganic, organic and metal–organic framework nanoparticles that reveal
catalytic functions by emulating native enzyme activities. Recently, these nanozymes have …

Aptamer-functionalized hybrid nanostructures for sensing, drug delivery, catalysis and mechanical applications

M Vázquez-González, I Willner - International Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Sequence-specific nucleic acids exhibiting selective recognition properties towards low-
molecular-weight substrates and macromolecules (aptamers) find growing interest as …

Molecular modulation of nickel–salophen organic frameworks enables the selective photoreduction of CO 2 at varying concentrations

X Yu, M Sun, T Yan, L Jia, M Chu, L Zhang… - Energy & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Photocatalytic CO2 reduction to value-added chemicals is appealing but challenging,
especially under dilute CO2 conditions. Herein, we present a molecular modulation strategy …