Structure and dynamics of nanoconfined water and aqueous solutions

HR Corti, GA Appignanesi, MC Barbosa… - The European Physical …, 2021 - Springer
This review is devoted to discussing recent progress on the structure, thermodynamic,
reactivity, and dynamics of water and aqueous systems confined within different types of …

Pushing the limits of nanopore transport performance by polymer functionalization

R Pardehkhorram, A Andrieu-Brunsen - Chemical Communications, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Inspired by the design and performance of biological pores, polymer functionalization of
nanopores has emerged as an evolving field to advance transport performance within the …

Nanoreactors: small spaces, big implications in chemistry

SH Petrosko, R Johnson, H White… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - ACS Publications
In recent years, chemists have worked to understand how fundamental chemical principles
change when systems are confined to spaces with nanoscale dimensions or sub-microliter …

In situ quantitative single-molecule study of dynamic catalytic processes in nanoconfinement

B Dong, Y Pei, F Zhao, TW Goh, Z Qi, C Xiao, K Chen… - Nature Catalysis, 2018 - nature.com
Understanding the fundamental catalytic principles when the catalytic centre is confined in
nanoscale space that is dimensionally comparable to the reactant molecule is crucial for …

A modular DNA origami nanocompartment for engineering a cell-free, protein unfolding and degradation pathway

J Huang, A Jaekel, J van den Boom… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Within the cell, chemical reactions are often confined and organized through a modular
architecture. This facilitates the targeted localization of molecular species and their efficient …

Single molecule fluorescence imaging of nanoconfinement in porous materials

B Dong, N Mansour, TX Huang, W Huang… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
This review covers recent progress in using single molecule fluorescence microscopy
imaging to understand the nanoconfinement in porous materials. The single molecule …

Functionalized nanopores based on hybridization chain reaction: Fabrication and microRNA sensing

X Qiu, J Dong, Q Dai, M Huang, Y Li - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2023 - Elsevier
Enzyme-free hybridization chain reaction (HCR) technology is often used as a signal
amplification tool for the detection of different targets. In this study, an ultrasensitive and …

Self‐Assembled Artificial DNA Nanocompartments and Their Bioapplications

J Huang, S Gambietz, B Saccà - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Compartmentalization is the strategy evolved by nature to control reactions in space and
time. The ability to emulate this strategy through synthetic compartmentalization systems has …

A Single Set of Well‐Designed Aptamer Probes for Reliable On‐site Qualitative and Ultra‐Sensitive Quantitative Detection

WQ Zhang, YD Tu, H Liu, R Liu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aptamer‐based probes are pivotal components in various sensing strategies, owing to their
exceptional specificity and versatile programmable structure. Nevertheless, numerous …

Nanoconfinement effects in electrochemical reactions

M Seo, TD Chung - Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanostructuring materials in the aims to enhance its catalytic activity has long been
indispensable in electrocatalyst development. In particular, nanoporous electrodes with …