In the course of the last 20 years, isothermal nucleic acid amplification tests have emerged
as an important diagnostic tool, not only for clinical applications, but also for food quality …

This Review presents polysaccharides, oligosaccharides, nucleic acids, peptides, and
proteins as functional stimuli‐responsive polymer scaffolds that yield hydrogels with …

Radiation therapy can potentially induce immunogenic cell death, thereby priming anti-
tumor adaptive immune responses. However, radiation-induced systemic immune …

Due to their relative synthetic and chemical simplicity compared to antibodies, aptamers
afford enhanced stability and functionality for the detection of environmental contaminants …

Photoresponsive nucleic acids attract growing interest as functional constituents in materials
science. Integration of photoisomerizable units into DNA strands provides an ideal handle …

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 …

Cu2+-functionalized carbon nitride nanoparticles (Cu2+–g-C3N4 NPs),∼ 200 nm, and
Cu2+–carbon dots (Cu2+–C-dots),∼ 8 nm, act as horseradish peroxidase-mimicking …

The base sequence of nucleic acid encodes structural and functional properties into the
biopolymer. Structural information includes the formation of duplexes, G‐quadruplexes, i …

This review highlights various methods that can be used for a sensitive detection of nucleic
acids without using thermal cycling procedures, as is done in PCR or LCR. Topics included …

Functional nucleic acid (FNA) nanotechnology is an interdisciplinary field between nucleic
acid biochemistry and nanotechnology that focuses on the study of interactions between …