DNA functional materials assembled from branched DNA: design, synthesis, and applications

Y Dong, C Yao, Y Zhu, L Yang, D Luo… - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
DNA is traditionally known as a central genetic biomolecule in living systems. From an
alternative perspective, DNA is a versatile molecular building-block for the construction of …

DNA nanotechnology-enabled drug delivery systems

Q Hu, H Li, L Wang, H Gu, C Fan - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Over the past decade, we have seen rapid advances in applying nanotechnology in
biomedical areas including bioimaging, biodetection, and drug delivery. As an emerging …

Metal-organic frameworks functionalized with nucleic acids and amino acids for structure-and function-specific applications: A tutorial review

B Liu, M Jiang, D Zhu, J Zhang, G Wei - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) can be well-designed and constructed for various
applications in gas storage and separation, heterogeneous catalysis, chemical sensing, and …

Challenges and opportunities for structural DNA nanotechnology

AV Pinheiro, D Han, WM Shih, H Yan - Nature nanotechnology, 2011 - nature.com
DNA molecules have been used to build a variety of nanoscale structures and devices over
the past 30 years, and potential applications have begun to emerge. But the development of …

DNA nanotechnology

NC Seeman, HF Sleiman - Nature Reviews Materials, 2017 - nature.com
DNA is the molecule that stores and transmits genetic information in biological systems. The
field of DNA nanotechnology takes this molecule out of its biological context and uses its …

Nanomaterials based on DNA

NC Seeman - Annual review of biochemistry, 2010 - annualreviews.org
The combination of synthetic stable branched DNA and sticky-ended cohesion has led to the
development of structural DNA nanotechnology over the past 30 years. The basis of this …

DNA cage delivery to mammalian cells

AS Walsh, HF Yin, CM Erben, MJA Wood… - ACS …, 2011 - ACS Publications
DNA cages are nanometer-scale polyhedral structures formed by self-assembly from
synthetic DNA oligonucleotides. Potential applications include in vivo imaging and the …

1, 10-Phenanthroline: A versatile building block for the construction of ligands for various purposes

A Bencini, V Lippolis - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
This review will cover the developments in the chemistry of phenanthroline-based ligands in
the last 10–15 years. 1, 10-Phenanthroline (phen) is a classic ligand in coordination …

The promise of self-assembled 3D supramolecular coordination complexes for biomedical applications

A Casini, B Woods, M Wenzel - Inorganic Chemistry, 2017 - ACS Publications
In the supramolecular chemistry field, coordination-driven self-assembly has provided the
basis for tremendous growth across many subdisciplines, spanning from fundamental …

Polyhedra self-assembled from DNA tripods and characterized with 3D DNA-PAINT

R Iinuma, Y Ke, R Jungmann, T Schlichthaerle… - science, 2014 - science.org
DNA self-assembly has produced diverse synthetic three-dimensional polyhedra. These
structures typically have a molecular weight no greater than 5 megadaltons. We report a …