Programmable and multifunctional DNA‐based materials for biomedical applications

Y Zhang, J Tu, D Wang, H Zhu, SK Maity… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
DNA encodes the genetic information; recently, it has also become a key player in material
science. Given the specific Watson–Crick base‐pairing interactions between only four types …

An overview to electrochemical biosensors and sensors for the detection of environmental contaminants

A Khanmohammadi, A Jalili Ghazizadeh… - Journal of the Iranian …, 2020 - Springer
Nowadays, environmental pollution is one of the major worldwide problems. There are
various types of pollutants (ie, organic, inorganic, and biological materials), which can …

Structural basis for high-affinity recognition of aflatoxin B1 by a DNA aptamer

G Xu, C Wang, H Yu, Y Li, Q Zhao, X Zhou… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The 26-mer DNA aptamer (AF26) that specifically binds aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) with nM-level
high affinity is rare among hundreds of aptamers for small molecules. Despite its predicted …

CoNi bimetallic metal–organic framework as an efficient biosensing platform for miRNA 126 detection

M Hu, L Zhu, Z Li, C Guo, M Wang, C Wang… - Applied Surface Science, 2021 - Elsevier
A novel bimetallic CoNi-based metal–organic framework (CoNi-MOF) was prepared using 2,
2′-bipyridine-5, 5′-dicarboxylic acid (dcbpy) as the building block and acted applied as …

Harnessing the noncovalent interactions of DNA backbone with 2D silicate nanodisks to fabricate injectable therapeutic hydrogels

S Basu, S Pacelli, Y Feng, Q Lu, J Wang, A Paul - ACS nano, 2018 - ACS Publications
Injectable hydrogels present several advantages over prefabricated scaffolds including ease
of delivery, shear-thinning property, and broad applicability in the fields of drug delivery and …

Modulating the catalytic activities of nanozymes for molecular sensing

I Zare, D Choi, J Zhang, MT Yaraki, A Ghaee, SZ Nasab… - Nano Today, 2024 - Elsevier
Nanomaterials as artificial enzymes (nanozymes) have aroused extensive research interest
owing to their highly stable, long storage period, and low-cost alternatives to enzymes …

Are titania photocatalysts and titanium implants safe? Review on the toxicity of titanium compounds

A Markowska-Szczupak, M Endo-Kimura… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Titanium and its compounds are broadly used in both industrial and domestic products,
including jet engines, missiles, prostheses, implants, pigments, cosmetics, food, and …

[HTML][HTML] Micro-interfacial behavior of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes in the soil environment: A review

J Deng, W Zhang, L Zhang, C Qin, H Wang… - Environment …, 2024 - Elsevier
Overutilization and misuse of antibiotics in recent decades markedly intensified the rapid
proliferation and diffusion of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) within the environment …

Electrochemiluminescence on digital microfluidics for microRNA analysis

MH Shamsi, K Choi, AHC Ng, MD Chamberlain… - Biosensors and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) is a sensitive analytical technique with great promise for
biological applications, especially when combined with microfluidics. Here, we report the …

Marcus theory of ion-pairing

S Roy, MD Baer, CJ Mundy… - Journal of chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We present a theory for ion pair dissociation and association, motivated by the concepts of
Marcus theory of electron transfer. Despite the extensive research on ion-pairing in many …