As porous materials, metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have drawn increased attention and
are widely applied in various fields such as catalysis, gas/energy storage, chemical sensing …

The predictable nature of DNA interactions enables the programmable assembly of highly
advanced 2D and 3D DNA structures of nanoscale dimensions. The access to ever larger …

Scope of the Review. Herein, we provide an up-to-date overview of the field of nanopore
sensing with emphases placed on the advances made in the most recent two years (2014 …

With the ultimate aim to construct a living cell, bottom-up synthetic biology strives to
reconstitute cellular phenomena in vitro–disentangled from the complex environment of a …

This Perspective focuses on thiol-mediated uptake, that is, the entry of substrates into cells
enabled by oligochalcogenides or mimics, often disulfides, and inhibited by thiol-reactive …

Membrane nanopores—hollow nanoscale barrels that puncture biological or synthetic
membranes—have become powerful tools in chemical-and biosensing, and have achieved …

Controlled transport of biomolecules across lipid bilayer membranes is of profound
significance in biological processes. In cells, cargo exchange is mediated by dedicated …

Transmembrane nanostructures like ion channels and transporters perform key biological
functions by controlling flow of molecules across lipid bilayers. Much work has gone into …

Cytoskeletal elements, like actin and myosin, have been reconstituted inside lipid vesicles
toward the vision to reconstruct cells from the bottom up. Here, we realize the de novo …

Biological membrane channels mediate information exchange between cells and facilitate
molecular recognition. While tuning the shape and function of membrane channels for …