Biological materials are self-assembled with near-atomic precision in living cells, whereas
synthetic 3D structures generally lack such precision and controllability. Recently, DNA …

DNA origami has emerged as a powerful method to generate DNA nanostructures with
dynamic properties and nanoscale control. These nanostructures enable complex …

DNA has become one of the most extensively used molecular building blocks for
engineering self-assembling materials. DNA origami is a technique that uses hundreds of …

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 …

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

DNA nanorobots have emerged as new tools for nanomedicine with the potential to
ameliorate the delivery and anticancer efficacy of various drugs. DNA nanostructures have …

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 …

In contrast to ordinary polymers, the vast majority of biological macromolecules adopt highly
ordered three-dimensional structures that define their functions. The key to folding of a …