Materials learning from life: concepts for active, adaptive and autonomous molecular systems

R Merindol, A Walther - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Bioinspired out-of-equilibrium systems will set the scene for the next generation of molecular
materials with active, adaptive, autonomous, emergent and intelligent behavior. Indeed life …

DNA nanotechnology from the test tube to the cell

YJ Chen, B Groves, RA Muscat, G Seelig - Nature nanotechnology, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract The programmability of Watson–Crick base pairing, combined with a decrease in
the cost of synthesis, has made DNA a widely used material for the assembly of molecular …

DNA-based programmable gate arrays for general-purpose DNA computing

H Lv, N Xie, M Li, M Dong, C Sun, Q Zhang, L Zhao… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The past decades have witnessed the evolution of electronic and photonic integrated
circuits, from application specific to programmable,. Although liquid-phase DNA circuitry …

Molecular convolutional neural networks with DNA regulatory circuits

X Xiong, T Zhu, Y Zhu, M Cao, J Xiao, L Li… - Nature Machine …, 2022 - nature.com
Complex biomolecular circuits enabled cells with intelligent behaviour to survive before
neural brains evolved. Since DNA computing was first demonstrated in the mid-1990s …

Scaling up molecular pattern recognition with DNA-based winner-take-all neural networks

KM Cherry, L Qian - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
From bacteria following simple chemical gradients to the brain distinguishing complex odour
information, the ability to recognize molecular patterns is essential for biological organisms …

Cancer diagnosis with DNA molecular computation

C Zhang, Y Zhao, X Xu, R Xu, H Li, X Teng, Y Du… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Early and precise cancer diagnosis substantially improves patient survival. Recent work has
revealed that the levels of multiple microRNAs in serum are informative as biomarkers for …

Supramolecular self-assemblies as functional nanomaterials

E Busseron, Y Ruff, E Moulin, N Giuseppone - Nanoscale, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review, we survey the diversity of structures and functions which are encountered in
advanced self-assembled nanomaterials. We highlight their flourishing implementations in …

[HTML][HTML] From cascaded catalytic nucleic acids to enzyme–DNA nanostructures: controlling reactivity, sensing, logic operations, and assembly of complex structures

F Wang, CH Lu, I Willner - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
DNA is one of the most fascinating biopolymers. Besides its central role as carrier of genetic
information and translation of the genetic code into proteins, DNA holds great promise as a …

Neural network computation with DNA strand displacement cascades

L Qian, E Winfree, J Bruck - nature, 2011 - nature.com
The impressive capabilities of the mammalian brain—ranging from perception, pattern
recognition and memory formation to decision making and motor activity control—have …

Solving mazes with single-molecule DNA navigators

J Chao, J Wang, F Wang, X Ouyang, E Kopperger… - Nature materials, 2019 - nature.com
Molecular devices with information-processing capabilities hold great promise for
developing intelligent nanorobotics. Here we demonstrate a DNA navigator system that can …