Synthesis and applications of anisotropic nanoparticles with precisely defined dimensions

AK Pearce, TR Wilks, MC Arno… - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2021 - nature.com
Shape and size play powerful roles in determining the properties of a material; controlling
these aspects with precision is therefore an important, fundamental goal of the chemical …

Biomimetic mineralization based on self-assembling peptides

Q Li, Y Wang, G Zhang, R Su, W Qi - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Biomimetic science has attracted great interest in the fields of chemistry, biology, materials
science, and energy. Biomimetic mineralization is the process of synthesizing inorganic …

An autocatalytic multicomponent DNAzyme nanomachine for tumor-specific photothermal therapy sensitization in pancreatic cancer

J Yan, X Ma, D Liang, M Ran, D Zheng, X Chen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Multicomponent deoxyribozymes (MNAzymes) have great potential in gene therapy, but
their ability to recognize disease tissue and further achieve synergistic gene regulation has …

Biomimetic metallic nanostructures for biomedical applications, catalysis, and beyond

MT Yaraki, S Zahed Nasab, I Zare… - Industrial & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nature has inspired scientists to develop green and sustainable nanomaterials with
biomimetic functions. Particularly, biomimetic metallic nanostructures (biometal NPs) with …

Untapped potential of deep eutectic solvents for the synthesis of bioinspired inorganic–organic materials

M Wysokowski, RK Luu, S Arevalo, E Khare… - Chemistry of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Since the discovery of deep eutectic solvents (DESs) in 2003, significant progress has been
made in the field, specifically advancing aspects of their preparation and physicochemical …

Biomimetic Mineralized CRISPR/Cas RNA Nanoparticles for Efficient Tumor-Specific Multiplex Gene Editing

Y Liang, J Zhang, C Xu, J Wang, W Han, J Yang… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
CRISPR/Cas9 systems have great potential to achieve sophisticated gene therapy and cell
engineering by editing multiple genomic loci. However, to achieve efficient multiplex gene …

Programmable DNA hydrogels as artificial extracellular matrix

Y Wei, K Wang, S Luo, F Li, X Zuo, C Fan, Q Li - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The cell microenvironment plays a crucial role in regulating cell behavior and fate in
physiological and pathological processes. As the fundamental component of the cell …

Universal, label-free, single-molecule visualization of DNA origami nanodevices across biological samples using origamiFISH

WX Wang, TR Douglas, H Zhang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Structural DNA nanotechnology enables the fabrication of user-defined DNA origami
nanostructures (DNs) for biological applications. However, the role of DN design during …

Biomimetic mineralization: From microscopic to macroscopic materials and their biomedical applications

Y Zhou, K Liu, H Zhang - ACS applied bio materials, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biomineralization is an attractive pathway to produce mineral-based biomaterials with high
performance and hierarchical structures. To date, the biomineralization process and …

Engineering inorganic materials with DNA nanostructures

A Heuer-Jungemann, V Linko - ACS Central Science, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nucleic acid nanotechnology lays a foundation for the user-friendly design and synthesis of
DNA frameworks of any desirable shape with extreme accuracy and addressability …