Electron microscopy studies of soft nanomaterials

Z Lyu, L Yao, W Chen, FC Kalutantirige… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
This review highlights recent efforts on applying electron microscopy (EM) to soft (including
biological) nanomaterials. We will show how developments of both the hardware and …

Dynamic DNA nanotechnology: toward functional nanoscale devices

M DeLuca, Z Shi, CE Castro, G Arya - Nanoscale Horizons, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Dynamic DNA nanotechnology involves the creation of nanoscale devices made of DNA
whose primary function arises from their ability to undergo controlled motion or …

Three-dimensional electron ptychography of organic–inorganic hybrid nanostructures

Z Ding, S Gao, W Fang, C Huang, L Zhou, X Pei… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Three dimensional scaffolded DNA origami with inorganic nanoparticles has been used to
create tailored multidimensional nanostructures. However, the image contrast of DNA is …

Intracellular localization of nanoparticle dimers by chirality reversal

M Sun, L Xu, JH Bahng, H Kuang, S Alben… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The intra-and extracellular positioning of plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs) can dramatically
alter their curative/diagnostic abilities and medical outcomes. However, the inability of …

Super tough magnetic hydrogels for remotely triggered shape morphing

J Tang, Z Tong, Y Xia, M Liu, Z Lv, Y Gao… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Despite their potential in various fields such as soft robots, drug delivery and biomedical
engineering, magnetic hydrogels have always been limited by their poor mechanical …

Structure-based mechanism and inhibition of cholesteryl ester transfer protein

H Xue, M Zhang, J Liu, J Wang, G Ren - Current Atherosclerosis Reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Cholesteryl ester transfer proteins (CETP) regulate plasma
cholesterol levels by transferring cholesteryl esters (CEs) among lipoproteins. Lipoprotein …

Molecular organization of the early stages of nucleosome phase separation visualized by cryo-electron tomography

M Zhang, C Díaz-Celis, B Onoa, C Cañari-Chumpitaz… - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
It has been proposed that the intrinsic property of nucleosome arrays to undergo liquid-liquid
phase separation (LLPS) in vitro is responsible for chromatin domain organization in vivo …

LoTToR: an algorithm for missing-wedge correction of the low-tilt tomographic 3D reconstruction of a single-molecule structure

X Zhai, D Lei, M Zhang, J Liu, H Wu, Y Yu, L Zhang… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
A single-molecule three-dimensional (3D) structure is essential for understanding the
thermal vibrations and dynamics as well as the conformational changes during the chemical …

IgG antibody 3D structures and dynamics

JW Jay, B Bray, Y Qi, E Igbinigie, H Wu, J Li, G Ren - Antibodies, 2018 - mdpi.com
Antibodies are vital for human health because of their ability to function as nature's drugs by
protecting the body from infection. In recent decades, antibodies have been used as …

Three-dimensional structural dynamics of DNA origami Bennett linkages using individual-particle electron tomography

D Lei, AE Marras, J Liu, CM Huang, L Zhou… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Scaffolded DNA origami has proven to be a powerful and efficient technique to fabricate
functional nanomachines by programming the folding of a single-stranded DNA template …