Dynamic DNA nanotechnology: toward functional nanoscale devices

M DeLuca, Z Shi, CE Castro, G Arya - Nanoscale Horizons, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Dynamic DNA nanotechnology involves the creation of nanoscale devices made of DNA
whose primary function arises from their ability to undergo controlled motion or …

Recent advances in DNA origami-engineered nanomaterials and applications

P Zhan, A Peil, Q Jiang, D Wang, S Mousavi… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
DNA nanotechnology is a unique field, where physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics,
engineering, and materials science can elegantly converge. Since the original proposal of …

Autonomous DNA molecular motor tailor-designed to navigate DNA origami surface for fast complex motion and advanced nanorobotics

W Siti, HL Too, T Anderson, XR Liu, IY Loh… - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
Nanorobots powered by designed DNA molecular motors on DNA origami platforms are
vigorously pursued but still short of fully autonomous and sustainable operation, as the …

DNA assembly of modular components into a rotary nanodevice

A Peil, L Xin, S Both, L Shen, Y Ke, T Weiss, P Zhan… - Acs Nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
The bacterial flagellar motor is a rotary machine composed of functional modular
components, which can perform bidirectional rotations to control the migration behavior of …

Dynamic Gold Nanostructures Based on DNA Self Assembly

B Kou, Z Wang, S Mousavi, P Wang, Y Ke - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The combination of DNA nanotechnology and Nano Gold (NG) plasmon has opened
exciting possibilities for a new generation of functional plasmonic systems that exhibit …

Dimerization and oligomerization of DNA-assembled building blocks for controlled multi-motion in high-order architectures

L Xin, X Duan, N Liu - Nature Communications, 2021 - nature.com
In living organisms, proteins are organized prevalently through a self-association
mechanism to form dimers and oligomers, which often confer new functions at the …

A light-operated integrated DNA walker–origami system beyond bridge burning

XR Liu, IY Loh, W Siti, HL Too, T Anderson… - Nanoscale …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Integrating rationally designed DNA molecular walkers and DNA origami platforms is a
promising route towards advanced nano-robotics of diverse functions. Unleashing the full …

DNA-based gold nanoparticle assemblies: From structure constructions to sensing applications

M Xie, J Jiang, J Chao - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) have become one of the building blocks for superior assembly
and device fabrication due to the intrinsic, tunable physical properties of nanoparticles. With …

DNA-assembled visible nanodandelions with explosive hydrogen-bond breakage achieving uniform intra-tumor distribution (UITD)-guided photothermal therapy

Y Zhang, Y Cui, M Li, K Cui, R Li, W Xie, L Liu, Z Xiao - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
Photothermal therapy (PTT) has received increasing attention for treating tumors. However,
a long-standing challenge in PTT is non-uniform distribution of photothermal agents (PAs) in …

Development of synthetic DNA circuit and networks for molecular information processing

Y Zhang, Y Feng, Y Liang, J Yang, C Zhang - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), a genetic material, encodes all living information and living
characteristics, eg, in cell, DNA signaling circuits control the transcription activities of specific …