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Energy consumption in chemical fuel-driven self-assembly by Ragazzon, Giulio, Prins, Leonard J.

“…Nature extensively exploits high-energy transient self-assembly structures that are able to perform work through a dissipative process. Often, self-assembly…”
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Chemically Fueled Self‐Assembly in Biology and Chemistry by Das, Krishnendu, Gabrielli, Luca, Prins, Leonard J.

“…Life is a non‐equilibrium state of matter maintained at the expense of energy. Nature uses predominantly chemical energy stored in thermodynamically activated,…”
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Dissipative self-assembly of vesicular nanoreactors by Maiti, Subhabrata, Fortunati, Ilaria, Ferrante, Camilla, Scrimin, Paolo, Prins, Leonard J.

“…Dissipative self-assembly is exploited by nature to control important biological functions, such as cell division, motility and signal transduction. The…”
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Enhanced catalytic activity under non-equilibrium conditions by Chen, Rui, Neri, Simona, Prins, Leonard J.

“…The development of non-equilibrium synthetic systems provides access to innovative materials with life-like properties. Non-equilibrium systems require a…”
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Transient signal generation in a self-assembled nanosystem fueled by ATP by Pezzato, Cristian, Prins, Leonard J.

“…A fundamental difference exists in the way signal generation is dealt with in natural and synthetic systems. While nature uses the transient activation of…”
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Fuel‐Responsive Allosteric DNA‐Based Aptamers for the Transient Release of ATP and Cocaine by Del Grosso, Erica, Ragazzon, Giulio, Prins, Leonard J., Ricci, Francesco

“…We show herein that allostery offers a key strategy for the design of out‐of‐equilibrium systems by engineering allosteric DNA‐based nanodevices for the…”
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Transient DNA‐Based Nanostructures Controlled by Redox Inputs by Del Grosso, Erica, Prins, Leonard J., Ricci, Francesco

“…Synthetic DNA has emerged as a powerful self‐assembled material for the engineering of nanoscale supramolecular devices and materials. Recently dissipative…”
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ATP-fuelled self-assembly to regulate chemical reactivity in the time domain by Cardona, Maria A, Prins, Leonard J

“…Here, we exploit a small biomolecule - ATP - to gain temporal control over chemical reactivity in a synthetic system composed of small self-assembling…”
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Self-Assembly of a Catalytic Multivalent Peptide–Nanoparticle Complex by Zaramella, Davide, Scrimin, Paolo, Prins, Leonard J

“…Catalytically active peptide–nanoparticle complexes were obtained by assembling small peptide sequences on the surface of cationic self-assembled monolayers on…”
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Dissipative Synthetic DNA‐Based Receptors for the Transient Loading and Release of Molecular Cargo by Del Grosso, Erica, Amodio, Alessia, Ragazzon, Giulio, Prins, Leonard J., Ricci, Francesco

“…Supramolecular chemistry is moving into a direction in which the composition of a chemical equilibrium is no longer determined by thermodynamics but by the…”
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Nucleotide‐Selective Templated Self‐Assembly of Nanoreactors under Dissipative Conditions by Chandrabhas, Sushmitha, Maiti, Subhabrata, Fortunati, Ilaria, Ferrante, Camilla, Gabrielli, Luca, Prins, Leonard J.

“…Nature adopts complex chemical networks to finely tune biochemical processes. Indeed, small biomolecules play a key role in regulating the flux of metabolic…”
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Substrate‐Induced Self‐Assembly of Cooperative Catalysts by Solís Muñana, Pablo, Ragazzon, Giulio, Dupont, Julien, Ren, Chloe Z.‐J., Prins, Leonard J., Chen, Jack L.‐Y.

“…Dissipative self‐assembly processes in nature rely on chemical fuels that activate proteins for assembly through the formation of a noncovalent complex. The…”
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Multivalent Interactions Regulate Signal Transduction in a Self-Assembled Hg2+ Sensor by Maiti, Subhabrata, Pezzato, Cristian, Garcia Martin, Sergio, Prins, Leonard J

“…A self-assembled sensing system able to detect Hg2+ at low nanomolar concentrations is reported that operates through a signal transduction pathway involving…”
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Covalent Capture: Merging Covalent and Noncovalent Synthesis by Prins, Leonard J, Scrimin, Paolo

“…Coming together: The act of bringing the right molecules together is enough to induce irreversible or reversible formation of a covalent bond. The covalent…”
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Hydrolytic Metallo-Nanozymes: From Micelles and Vesicles to Gold Nanoparticles by Mancin, Fabrizio, Prins, Leonard J, Pengo, Paolo, Pasquato, Lucia, Tecilla, Paolo, Scrimin, Paolo

“…Although the term nanozymes was coined by us in 2004 to highlight the enzyme-like properties of gold nanoparticles passivated with a monolayer of…”
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Self-assembly and selective exchange of oligoanions on the surface of monolayer protected Au nanoparticles in water by Pieters, Grégory, Cazzolaro, Alessandro, Bonomi, Renato, Prins, Leonard J

“…Self-assembled monolayers on Au nanoparticles terminating with TACN·Zn(II) head groups are attractive scaffolds for the formation of multivalent supramolecular…”
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Chemically Fueled Self‐Assembly in Biology and Chemistry by Das, Krishnendu, Gabrielli, Luca, Prins, Leonard J.

“…Life is a non‐equilibrium state of matter maintained at the expense of energy. Nature uses predominantly chemical energy stored in thermodynamically activated,…”
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Dissipative DNA nanotechnology by Del Grosso, Erica, Franco, Elisa, Prins, Leonard J., Ricci, Francesco

“…DNA nanotechnology has emerged as a powerful tool to precisely design and control molecular circuits, machines and nanostructures. A major goal in this field…”
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Exploiting Neighboring-Group Interactions for the Self-Selection of a Catalytic Unit by Gasparini, Giulio, Prins, Leonard J, Scrimin, Paolo

“…A good neighbor is better than a far‐away friend: A tethering strategy is used to self‐select groups that assist in the cleavage of a neighboring carboxylic…”
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Emergence of Complex Chemistry on an Organic Monolayer by Prins, Leonard J

“…In many origin-of-life scenarios, inorganic materials, such as FeS or mineral clays, play an important role owing to their ability to concentrate and select…”
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