Metal ions are essential to many chemical, biological, and environmental processes. In the
past two decades, many DNA-based metal sensors have emerged. While the main …

Development of biosensing platforms plays a key role in research settings for identification
of biomarkers and in clinical applications for diagnostics. Biosensors based on nucleic acids …

The homeostasis of acid/base and alkali metal played critical roles in life process. To get
insight into their functional mechanism, a large amount of detectors, especially based on …

Side chains in conjugated polymers have been primarily utilized as solubilizing groups.
However, these side chains have roles that are far beyond. We advocate using side chain …

All living species and life forms have an absolute requirement for bio-functional metals and
acid–base equilibrium chemistry owing to the critical roles they play in biological processes …

It is textbook knowledge that chromophore aggregation generally quenches light emission.
In this feature article, we give an account on how we observed an opposite phenomenon …

Sensors are devices that respond to physical or chemical stimuli and produce detectable
signals. 1r4 They are a critical extension of human perception of the world in many aspects …

The field of chemical sensing is becoming ever more dependent upon novel materials.
Polymers, crystals, glasses, particles, and nanostructures have made a profound impact and …

The past two decades have evidenced a tremendous growth in the field of responsive
polymers, which can exhibit reversible or irreversible changes in physical properties and/or …

In biology, nucleic acids are carriers of molecular information: DNA's base sequence stores
and imparts genetic instructions, while RNA's sequence plays the role of a messenger and a …