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2024
115. A Programmable DNAzyme for the Sensitive Detection of Nucleic Acids

C Shi, D Yang, X Ma, L Pan, Y Shao, G Arya, Y Ke, C Zhang, F Wang, X Zuo, M Li, P Wang. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024. e202320179

114. DNA-Nanostructure-Guided Assembly of Proteins into Programmable Shapes

Q Lu, Y Xu, E Poppleton, K Zhou, P Sulc, N Stephanopoulos, Y Ke. Nano Letters 2024. 24, 5, 1703–1709​

2023
113. Dynamic Gold Nanostructures Based on DNA Self Assembly

B Kou, Z Wang, S Mousavi, P Wang, Y Ke. Small 2023. 2308862

112. Controlling Silicification on DNA Origami with Polynucleotide Brushes

S Wang, PA Lin, M DeLuca, S Zauscher, G Arya, Y Ke. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023. 146 (1), 358-367

111. Spatiotemporal Control over Polynucleotide Brush Growth on DNA Origami Nanostructures

Y Yang, Q Lu, Y Chen, M DeLuca, G Arya, Y Ke, S Zauscher. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2023. 62 (48), e202311727

110. Deep inverse design of hydrophobic patches on DNA origami for mesoscale assembly of superlattices

PA Lin, S Ren, J Piland, L Collins, S Zauscher, Y Ke, G Arya. AI for Accelerated Materials Design-NeurIPS 2023 Workshop

109. Detection of cellular traction forces via the force-triggered Cas12a-mediated catalytic cleavage of a fluorogenic reporter strand

Y Duan, F Szlam, Y Hu, W Chen, R Li, Y Ke, R Sniecinski, K Salaita. Nature Biomedical Engineering 2023. 7 (11), 1404-1418

108. A Spatially Programmable DNA Nanorobot Arm to Modulate Anisotropic Gold Nanoparticle Assembly by Enzymatic Excision

J Yang, Y Liang, X Li, Y Zhang, L Qian, Y Ke, C Zhang. Angewandte Chemie 2023. 135 (43), e202308797

107. Circular single-stranded DNA as switchable vector for gene expression in mammalian cells

L Tang, Z Tian, J Cheng, Y Zhang, Y Song, Y Liu, J Wang, P Zhang, Y Ke, F Simmel, J Song. Nature Communications 2023. 14 (1), 6665

106. Building Large DNA Bundles via Controlled Hierarchical Assembly of DNA Tubes

Y Zhang, D Yang, P Wang, Y Ke. ACS nano 2023.

105. DNA origami-designed 3D phononic crystals

SH Park, H Park, JM Nam, Y Ke, T Liedl, Y Tian, S Lee. Nanophotonics 2023

104. Bionanomechanical Devices for Uses in Evaluating Liquid Dynamics

D Myers, Y Ke, V Pan, S Dahotre, G Kwong. US Patent App. 17/908,517

103. Recent Advances in DNA Origami-Engineered Nanomaterials and Applications

P Zhan, A Peil, Q Jiang, D Wang, S Mousavi, Q Xiong, Q Shen, Y Shang, B Ding, C Lin, Y Ke, N Liu. Chemical Reviews 2023. 123 (7), 3976-4050

102. Structure-Dependent Electrical Conductance of DNA Origami Nanowires

J Marrs, Q Lu, V Pan, Y Ke, J Hihath. ChemBioChem 24 (2), e202200454

101. Unraveling mechanotransduction in T cells with DNA nanotechnology

Sterling, S.; Ke, Y. Trends in Chemistry 2023.

2022
100. Cooperative binding of T cell receptor and CD4 to peptide-MHC enhances antigen sensitivity

MN Rushdi, V Pan, K Li, HK Choi, S Travaglino, J Hong, F Griffitts, Pragati Agnihotri, Roy A Mariuzza, Yonggang Ke, Cheng Zhu. Nature communications 13 (1), 7055

99. A bistable and reconfigurable molecular system with encodable bonds

Zhou, C.; Yang, D.; Sensale, S.; Sharma, P.; Wang, D.; Lei Yu, L.; Arya, G.; Ke, Y.; Wang, P. Science Advances 2022. 8(46), eade3003.

98. Seeded growth of adaptive tiles on DNA origami

Liu, Y.; Cheng, J.; Wang, Y.; Ji, B.; Tang, L.; Zou, K.; Xie, Y.; Cui, D.; Ke, Y.; Song, J. Cell Reports Physical Science 2022. 3(9), 101040. [PDF]

97. Design of Uracil-Modified DNA Nanotubes for Targeted Drug Release via DNA-Modifying Enzyme Reactions

Deng, Y.; Tan, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Zhang, L.; Zhang, C.; Ke, Y.; Su, X. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2022, 14 (30), 34470-34479. [PDF]

96. Stress in DNA Gridiron Facilitates the Formation of Two-Dimensional Crystalline Structures

Yu, L.; Cheng, J.; Wang, D.; Pan, V.; Chang, S.; Song, J.; Ke, Y. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022, 144 (22), 9747-9752. [PDF]

95. DNA Assembly of Modular Components into a Rotary Nanodevice

Peil, A.; Xin, L.; Both, S.; Shen, L.; Ke, Y.; Weiss, T.; Zhan, P.; Liu, N. ACS Nano 2022, 16, 4, 5284–5291. [PDF]

94. Programmable allosteric DNA regulations for molecular networks and nanomachines

Zhang, C.; Ma, X.; Zheng, X.; Ke, Y.; Chen, K.; Liu, D.; Lu, Z.; Yang, J.; Yan, H. Science Advances 2022, 8 (5), eabl4589. [PDF]

93. Shaped DNA origami carrier nanopore translocation influenced by aptamer based surface modification

Ding, T.; Yang, J.; Wang, J.; Pan, V.; Lu, Z.; Ke, Y.; Zhang, C. Biosensors and Bioelectronics 2022, 195, 113658. [PDF]

92. Spatiotemporal Control of Molecular Cascade Reactions by a Reconfigurable DNA Origami Domino Array

Fan, S.; Ji, B.; Liu, Y.; Zou, K.; Tian, Z.; Dai, B.; Cui, D.; Zhang, P.; Ke, Y.; Song, J. Angewandte Chemie 2022, 61 (9), e202116324. [PDF]

2021

91.  Blockade of glutamine-dependent cell survival augments antitumor efficacy of CPI-613 in head and neck cancer

Lang, L.; Wang, F.; Ding, Z.; Zhao, X.; Loveless, R.; Xie, J.; Shay, C.; Qiu, P.; Ke, Y.; Saba, N. F.; Teng, Y. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research 2021, 40 (1), 393. [PDF]

90. Massively Parallelized Molecular Force Manipulation with On-Demand Thermal and Optical Control

Su, H.; Brockman, J. M.; Duan, Y.; Sen, N.; Chhabra, H.; Bazrafshan, A.; Blanchard, A. T.; Meyer, T.; Andrews, B.; Doye, J. P. K.; Ke, Y.; Dyer, R. B.; Salaita, K. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2021, 143 (46), 19466-19473. [PDF]

89.  Divalent Multilinking Bonds Control Growth and Morphology of Nanopolymers

Xiong, Y.; Lin, Z.; Mostarac, D.; Minevich, B.; Peng, Q.; Zhu, G.; Sanchez, P. A.; Kantorovich, S.; Ke, Y.; Gang, O. Nano Letters 2021, 21(24), 10547-10554. [PDF]

88. Monochromatic Fluorescent Barcodes Hierarchically Assembled from Modular DNA Origami Nanorods

Pan, V.; Wang, W.; Heaven, I.; Bai, T.; Cheng, Y.; Chen, C.; Ke, Y.; Wei, B. ACS Nano 2021, 15 (10), 15892-15901. [PDF]

87. Programmable Site‐Specific Functionalization of DNA Origami with Polynucleotide Brushes

Yang, Y.; Lu, Q.; Huang, C. M.; Qian, H.; Zhang, Y.; Deshpande, S.; Arya, G.; Ke, Y.; Zauscher, S. Angewandte Chemie 2021, 60 (43), 23241-23247. [PDF]

86. Mechanically Triggered Hybridization Chain Reaction

Duan, Y.; Glazier, R.; Bazrafshan, A.; Hu, Y.; Rashid, S. A.; Petrich, B. G.; Ke, Y.; Salaita, K. Angewandte Chemie 2021, 60 (36), 19974-19981. [PDF]

85. DNA-Grafted 3D Superlattice Self-Assembly

Wang, S.; Xie, X.; Chen, Z.; Ma, N.; Zhang, X.; Li, K.; Teng, C.; Ke, Y.; Tian, Y. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2021, 22 (14), 7558. [PDF]

84. DNA Nanotechnology‐Based Biosensors and Therapeutics

Shen, L.; Wang, P.; Ke, Y. Advanced Healthcare Materials 2021, 10 (15), 2002205. [PDF]

83. DNA origami single crystals with Wulff shapes

Wang, Y.; Dai, L.; Ding, Z.; Ji, M.; Liu, J.; Xing, H.; Liu, X.; Ke, Y.; Fan, C.; Wang, P.; Tian, Y. Nature Communications 2021, 12 (1), 3011. [PDF]

82. Accurate genotyping of fragmented DNA using a toehold assisted padlock probe

Gao, Y.; Qiao, H.; Pan, V.; Wang, Z.; Li, J.; Wei, Y.; Ke, Y.; Qi, H. Biosensors and Bioelectronics 2021, 179, 113079. [PDF]

81. High-Throughput Dielectrophoretic Trapping and Detection of DNA Origami

Ghomian, T.; Jeong, H.; Pan, V.; Celik, K.; Alangari, M.; Ke, Y.; Hihath, J. Advanced Materials Interfaces 2021, 8 (5), 2001476. [PDF]

80. Programmable transformations of DNA origami made of small modular dynamic units

Wang, D.; Yu, L.; Huang, C.M.; Arya, G.; Chang, S.; Ke, Y. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2021, 143 (5), 2256-2263. [PDF]

2020

79. Hierarchical Fabrication of DNA Wireframe Nanoarchitectures for Efficient Cancer Imaging and Targeted Therapy

Wang, D.; Peng, R.; Peng, Y.; Deng, Z.; Xu, F.; Su, Y.; Wang, P.; Li, L.; Wang, X.Q.; Ke, Y.; Tan, W. ACS Nano 2020, 14 (12), 17365-17375. [PDF]

78. DNA Origami-Enabled Biosensors

Wang, S.; Zhou, Z.; Ma, N.; Yang, S.; Li, K.; Teng, C.; Ke, Y.; Tian, Y. Sensors 2020, 20 (23), 6899. [PDF]

77. DNA Origami Guided Self-Assembly of Plasmonic Polymers with Robust Long-Range Plasmonic Resonance

Wang, P.; Huh, J. H.; Park, H.; Yang, D.; Zhang, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Lee, J.; Lee, S.; Ke, Y. Nano Letters 2020, 20 (12), 8926-8932. [PDF]

76. Low-Bias Manipulation of DNA Oligo Pool for Robust Data Storage

Gao, Y.; Chen, X.; Qiao, H.; Ke, Y.; Qi, H. ACS Synthetic Biology 2020, 9 (12), 3344-3352. [PDF]

75. Programming the Curvatures in Reconfigurable DNA Domino Origami by Using Asymmetric Units

Wang, D.; Yu, L.; Ji, B.; Chang, S.; Song, J.; Ke, Y. Nano Letters 2020, 20 (11), 8236-8241. [PDF]

74. Engineering Organization of DNA Nano-Chambers through Dimensionally Controlled and Multi-Sequence Encoded Differentiated Bonds

Lin, Z.; Emamy, H.; Minevich, B.; Xiong, Y.; Xiang, S.; Kumar, S. K.; Ke, Y.; Gang, O. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2020, 142 (41), 17531-17542. [PDF]

73. Modular Reconfigurable DNA Origami: From Two-Dimensional to Three-Dimensional Structures

Liu, Y.; Cheng, J.; Fan, S.; Ge, H.; Luo, T.; Tang, L.; Ji, B.; Zhang, C.; Cui, D.; Ke, Y.; Song, J. Angewandte Chemie 2020, 59 (51), 23277-23282. [PDF]

72. Live-cell super-resolved PAINT imaging of piconewton cellular traction forces

Brockman, J. M.; Su, H.; Blanchard, A. T.; Duan, Y.; Meyer, T.; Quach, M. E.; Glazier, R.; Bazrafshan, A.; Bender, R. L.; Kellner, A. V.; Ogasawara, H.; Ma, R.; Schueder, F.; Petrich, B. G.; Jungmann, R.; Li, R.; Mattheyses, A. L.; Ke, Y.; Salaita, K. Nature Methods 2020, 17 (10), 1018-1024. [PDF]

71. Proximity-Induced Pattern Operations in Reconfigurable DNA Origami Domino Array

Fan, S.; Cheng, J.; Liu, Y.; Wang, D.; Luo, T.; Dai, B.; Zhang, C.; Cui, D.; Ke, Y.; Song, J. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2020, 142 (34), 14566-14573. [PDF]

70. Interfacially Bridging Covalent Network Yields Hyperstable and Ultralong Virus-Based Fibers for Engineering Functional Materials

Zhou, K.; Zhou, Y.; Yang, H.; Jin, H.; Ke, Y.; Wang, Q. Angewandte Chemie 2020. [PDF]

69. Programmable assembly of gold nanoparticle nanoclusters and lattices

Shen, L.; Pan, V.; Li, H.; Zhang, Y.; Wang, P.; Ke, Y. Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2020, 8 (31), 6810-6813. [PDF]

68. Information Coding in a Reconfigurable DNA Origami Domino Array

Fan, S.; Wang, D.; Cheng, J.; Liu, Y.; Luo, T.; Cui, D.; Ke, Y.; Song, J. Angewandte Chemie 2020, 59 (31), 12991-12997. [PDF]

67. Programming Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering of DNA Origami-templated Metamolecules

Zhou, C.; Yang, Y.; Li, H.; Gao, F.; Song, C.; Yang, D.; Xu, F.; Liu, N.; Ke, Y.; Su, S.; Wang, P. Nano Letters 2020, 20 (5), 3155-3159. [PDF]

66. Programmable Assembly of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Using DNA Origami

Meyer, T. A.; Zhang, C.; Bao, G.; Ke, Y. Nano Letters 2020, 20 (4), 2799-2805. [PDF]

65. Programming Dynamic Assembly of Viral Proteins with DNA Origami

Zhou, K.; Zhou, Y.; Pan, V.; Wang, Q.; Ke, Y. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2020, 142 (13), 5929-5932. [PDF]

64. DNA nanotechnology assisted nanopore-based analysis

 Ding, T.; Yang, J.; Pan, V.; Zhao, N.; Lu, Z.; Ke, Y.; Zhang, C. Nucleic Acids Research 2020, 48 (6), 2791-2806. [PDF]

63. Programming the Nucleation of DNA Brick Self-Assembly with a Seeding Strand

Zhang, Y.; Reinhardt, A.; Wang, P.; Song, J.; Ke, Y. Angewandte Chemie 2020, 59 (22), 8594-8600. [PDF]

62. Tunable DNA Origami Motors Translocate Ballistically Over mum Distances at nm/s Speeds

Bazrafshan, A.; Meyer, T. A.; Su, H.; Brockman, J. M.; Blanchard, A. T.; Piranej, S.; Duan, Y.; Ke, Y.; Salaita, K. Angewandte Chemie 2020, 59 (24), 9514-9521. [PDF]

61. RNA imaging in living mice enabled by an in vivo hybridization chain reaction circuit with a tripartite DNA probe

Wu, H.; Chen, T. T.; Wang, X. N.; Ke, Y.; Jiang, J. H. Chemical Science 2020, 11 (1), 62-69. [PDF]

60. Electrostatic Complementarity Drives Amyloid/Nucleic Acid Co-Assembly

Rha, A. K.; Das, D.; Taran, O.; Ke, Y.; Mehta, A. K.; Lynn, D. G. Angewandte Chemie 2020, 59 (1), 358-363. [PDF]

2019

59. Programming DNA Tube Circumference by Tile Offset Connection

Zhang, Y.; Chen, X.; Kang, G.; Peng, R.; Pan, V.; Sundaresan, R.; Wang, P.; Ke, Y. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2019, 141 (50), 19529-19532. [PDF]

58. DNA‐Guided Assembly of Molecules, Materials, and Cells

Yang, D.; Zhou, C.; Gao, F.; Wang, P.; Ke, Y. Advanced Intelligent Systems 2019, 2 (1). [PDF]

57. Nicking-Assisted Reactant Recycle to Implement Entropy-Driven DNA Circuit

Zhang, C.; Wang, Z.; Liu, Y.; Yang, J.; Zhang, X.; Li, Y.; Pan, L.; Ke, Y.; Yan, H. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2019, 141(43), 17189-17197. [PDF]

56. Self-Assembly of DNA−Minocycline Complexes by Metal Ions with Controlled Drug Release

Zhang, T.; Nong, J.; Alzahrani, N.; Wang, Z.; Oh, S. W.; Meier, T.; Yang, D. G.; Ke, Y.; Zhong, Y.; Fu, J. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2019, 11(33), 29512-29521. [PDF]

55. Magnetic Plasmon Networks Programmed by Molecular Self‐Assembly

Wang, P.; Huh, J. H.; Lee, J.; Kim, K.; Park, K. J.; Lee, S.; Ke, Y. Advanced Materials 2019, 31(29), 1901364. [PDF]

54. Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Cholesterol-DNA Nanorods

Zhang, Y.; Peng, R.; Xu, F.; Ke, Y. Bioconjugate Chemistry 2019, 30(7), 1845-1849. [PDF]

53. Dynamic DNA Structures

Zhang, Y.; Pan, V.; Li, X.; Yang, X.; Li, H.; Wang, P.; Ke, Y. Small 2019, 15(26), 1900228. [PDF]

52. Biomimetic Compartments Scaffolded by Nucleic Acid Nanostructures

Fu, J.; Oh, S. W.; Monckton, K.; Arbuckle‐Keil, G.; Ke, Y.; Zhang, T. Small 2019, 15(26), 1099256. [PDF]

51. Complex wireframe DNA nanostructures from simple building blocks

Wang, W.; Chen, S.; An, B.; Huang, K.; Bai, T.; Xu, M.; Bellot, G.; Ke, Y.; Xiang, Y.; Wei, B. Nature Communications 2019, 10(1), 1067. [PDF]

2018

50. Attack on the Cell Membrane: The Pointy Ends of DNA Nanostructures Lead the Way

Wang, P.; Ke, Y. ACS Central Science 2018, 4(10), 1298-1299. [PDF]

49. Design and operation of reconfigurable two-dimensional DNA molecular arrays

Wang, D.; Song, J.; Wang, P.; Pan, V.; Zhang, Y.; Cui D.; Ke, Y. Nature Protocols 2018, 13(10), 2312. [PDF]

48. Selective in Situ Assembly of Viral Protein onto DNA Origami

Zhou, K.; Ke, Y.; Wang, Q. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2018, 140(26), 8074-8077. [PDF]

47. Programmable multivalent DNA-origami tension probes for reporting cellular traction forces

Dutta, P.K.; Zhang, Y.; Blanchard, A.; Ge, C.; Rushdi, M.; Weiss, K.; Zhu, C.; Ke, Y.; Salaita, K. Nano Letters 2018, 18(8), 4803-4811. [PDF]

46. Advanced Cell and Tissue Biomanufacturing

Ye, K.; Kaplan, D.L.; Bao, Gang.; Bettinger, C.; Forgacs, G.; Dong, C.; Khademhosseini, A.; Ke, Y.; Leong, K.; Sambanis, A.; Sun, W.; Yin, P. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 2018, 4(7), 2292-2307. [PDF]

45. Structural DNA Nanotechnology: Artificial Nanostructures for Biomedical Research

Ke, Y.; Castro, C.; Choi, J. H. Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering 2018, 20(1), 375-401. [PDF]

44. Visualization of the Cellular Uptake and Trafficking of DNA Origami Nanostructures in Cancer Cells

Wang, P.; Rahman, M.A.; Zhao, Z.; Weiss, K.; Zhang, C.; Chen, Z.; Hurwitz, S.J.; Chen, Z.G.; Shin, D.M.; Ke, Y. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2018, 140(7), 2478-2484. [PDF]

2017

43. Practical aspects of structural and dynamic DNA nanotechnology

Wang, P.; Gourab, C.; Yan, H.; LaBean, T.H.; Turberfield, A.J.; Castro, C.E.; Georg, S.; Ke, Y. MRS Bulletin 2017, 42(12), 889-896. [PDF]

42. Programmable self-assembly of three-dimensional nanostructures from 10000 unique components

Ong, L.L.; Hanikel, N.; Yaghi, O.K.; Grun, C.; Strauss, M.T.; Bron, P.; Lai-Kee-Him, J.; Schueder, F.; Wang, B.; Wang, P.; Kishi, J.Y.; Myhrvold, C.A.; Zhu, A.; Jungmann, R.; Bellot, G.; Ke, Y.; Yin, P. Nature 2017, 552(7683), 72-77. [PDF]

41. Systemic Delivery of Bcl2-Targeting siRNA by DNA Nanoparticles Suppresses Cancer Cell Growth

Rahman, M.A.; Wang, P.; Zhao, Z.; Wang, D.; Nannapaneni, S.; Zhang, C.; Chen, Z.; Griffith, C.C.; Hurwitz, S.J.; Chen, Z.G.; Ke, Y.; Shin, D.M. Angewandte Chemie 2017, 56(50), 16023-16027. [PDF]

40. Programmable Supra-Assembly of DNA Surface Adapter for Tunable Chiral Directional Self-Assembly of Gold Nanorods

Lan, X.; Su, Z.; Zhou, Y.; Meyer, T.; Ke, Y.; Wang, Q.; Chiu, W.; Liu, N.; Zou, S.; Yan, H.; Liu, Y. Angewandte Chemie 2017, 56(46), 14632-14636. [PDF]

39. Structurally Ordered Nanowire Formation from Co-Assembly of DNA Origami and Collagen-Mimetic Peptides

Jiang, T.; Meyer, T.; Modlin, C.; Zou, X.; Conticello, V.P.#; Ke, Y. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2017, 139(40), 14025. [PDF]

38. Template-free reconstruction of nanomolecular structures fromnanoscopy images with isotropic 3D resolution

Salas, D.; Gall, A. L.; Fiche, J.B.; Valeri, A.; Ke, Y.; Bron, P.; Bellot, G.; Nollmann, M. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2017, 114(35), 9273-9278. [PDF]

37. Reconfiguration of DNA Molecular Arrays Driven by Information Relay

Song, J.; Li, Z.;, Wang, P.; Meyer, T.; Mao, C.; Ke, Y. Science 2017, 357(6349) doi: 10.1126/science.aan3377. [PDF]

36. The Beauty and Utility of DNA Origami

Wang, P.; Meyer, T.A.; Pan, V.; Dutta, P.K.; Ke, Y. Chem 2017, 2(3), 239. [PDF]

35. Reconfigurable Three-Dimensional Gold Nanorod Plasmonic Nanostructures Organized on DNA Origami Tripod

Zhan, P.; Dutta, P.K.; Wang, P.; Song G.; Dai, M.; Zhao, S.; Wang, Z.; Yin, P.; Zhang, W.; Ding, B.; Ke, Y. ACS Nano 2017, 11(2), 1172-1179. doi:10.1021/acsnano.6b06861. [PDF]

2016

34. Programming Self-Assembly of DNA Origami Honeycomb Two-Dimensional Lattices and Plasmonic Metamaterials

Wang, P.; Gaitanaros, S.; Lee, S.; Bathe, M.; Shih, W. M.; Ke, Y. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2016, 138(24), 7733 [PDF

33. Plasmonic Toroidal Metamolecules Assembled by DNA Origami

Urban, M.J.; Dutta, P.K.; Wang, P.; Duan, X.; Shen, X.; Ding, B.; Ke, Y.; Liu, N. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2016, 138(17), 5495. [PDF

32. Regulation at a distance of biomolecular interactions using a DNA origami nanoactuator

Ke, Y.; Meyer, T.; Shih, W.M.; Bellot, G. Nature Communications. 2016, 18(7),10935. doi: 10.1038/ncomms10935. [PDF]

31. Programmable DNA Hydrogels Assembled from Multi-Domain DNA Strands

Jiang, H.; Pan, V.; Vivek, S.; Weeks, E. R.; Ke, Y. ChemBioChem 2016, 17, 1156–1162.  [PDF]

30. Site-Specific Surface Functionalization of Gold Nanorods Using DNA Origami Clamps

Shen, C.; Lan, X.; Lu, X.; Meyer, T. A.; Ni, W.; Ke, Y.; Wang, Q. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2016, 138(6), 1764-1767. [PDF]

2015

29. Nucleic Acid Based Nanoreactors—Toward the Study of Multienzymatic Pathways

Dutta, P.: Meyer, T. A.; Ke, Y. Advanced Science, Engineering and Medicine 2015, 7(12), 1009-1018. [PDF]

28. Prescribed nanoparticle cluster architectures and low-dimensional arrays built using octahedral DNA origami frames

Tian, Y.; Wang, T.; Liu, W.; Xin, H.; Li, H.; Ke, Y.; Shih, W.; Gang, O. Nature Nanotechnology 2015, 10(7), 637-644. [PDF

27. Au Nanorod Helical Superstructures with Designed Chirality

Lan, X.; Lu, X.; Shen, C.; Ke, Y.; Ni, W.; & Wang, Q. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2015, 137(1), 457-462. [PDF]

2014

26. DNA Brick Crystals with Prescribed Depth

Ke, Y.; Ong, L. L.; Sun, W.; Song, J.; Dong, M.; Shih, W. M.; Yin, P. Nature Chemistry 2014, 6, 994-1002. [PDF]  

25. Designer three-dimensional DNA architectures

Ke, Y. Current Opinions in Structural Biology 2014, 27C, 122-128. [PDF

24. Polyhedra Self-Assembled from DNA Tripods and Characterized with 3D DNA-PAINT

Iinuma, R.; Ke, Y.; Jungmann, R.; Schlichthaerle, T.; Woehrstein, J.; Yin, P. Science 2014, 344, 65–69.  [PDF]
 

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23. DNA Origami Structures Directly Assembled from Intact Bacteriophages

Nickels, P.; Ke, Y.; Jungmann, R.; Smith, D.; Leichsenring, M.; Shih, W.; and Liedl, T.; Hogberg, B. Small 2014, 10, 1765–1769. [PDF]

Before 2014

22. Design Space for Complex DNA Structures

Wei, B.; Dai, M.; Myhrvold, C.; Ke, Y.; Jungmann, R.; Yin, P. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2013, 135, 18080-18088. [PDF

21. Metalized DNA Nanolithography for Encoding and Transferring Spatial Information for Graphene Patterning

Jin, Z.; Sun, W.; Ke, Y.; Shih, C.; Paulus, G. L. C.; Wang, Q. H.; Mu, B.; Yin, P.; Strano, M. S. Nature Communications 2013, 4, 1663-1671. [PDF]
 

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20. Three-Dimensional Structures Self-Assembled from DNA Bricks

 Ke, Y.; Ong, L. L.; Shih, W. M.; Yin, P. Science 2012, 338, 1177-1183. [PDF]
 

Academic commentaries on this paper: “LEGO-like DNA Structures”, Gothelf, K. V. Science 2012, 338, 1159-1160. [Link]
 

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19. Two Design Strategies for Enhancement of Multilayer–DNA-Origami Folding: Underwinding for Specific Intercalator Rescue and Staple-Break Positioning

Ke, Y.; Bellot, G.; Voigt, N.; Fradkov, E. Chemical Science 2012, 3, 2587–2597.  [PDF]

18. Multilayer DNA Origami Packed on Hexagonal and Hybrid Lattices

Ke, Y.; Voigt, N. V.; Gothelf, K. V.; Shih, W. M. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2012, 134, 1770–1774. [PDF]

17. Multilayer DNA Origami Packed on a Square Lattice

Ke, Y.; Douglas, S. M.; Liu, M.; Sharma, J.; Cheng, A.; Leung, A.; Liu, Y.; Shih, W. M.; Yan, H. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2009, 131, 15903–15908. [PDF]

16. Scaffolded DNA Origami of a DNA Tetrahedron Molecular Container

Ke, Y.; Sharma, J.; Liu, M.; Jahn, K.; Liu, Y.; Yan, H. Nano Letters 2009, 9, 2445–2447. [PDF]

15. Controlled Delivery of DNA Origami on Patterned Surfaces

Gerdon, A. E.; Oh, S. S.; Hsieh, K.; Ke, Y.; Yan, H.; Soh, H. T. Small 2009, 5, 1942–1946. [PDF]   

14. Mirror Image DNA Nanostructures for Chiral Supramolecular Assemblies

Lin, C.; Ke, Y.; Li, Z.; Wang, J. H.; Liu, Y.; Yan, H. Nano Letters 2009, 9, 433–436. [PDF]

13. Self-Assembled Water-Soluble Nucleic Acid Probe Tiles for Label-Free RNA Hybridization Assays

Ke, Y.; Lindsay, S.; Chang, Y.; Liu, Y.; Yan, H. Science 2008, 319, 180–183. [PDF]
 

Academic commentaries on this paper: “Tiny tiles, tiny targets”, Giljohann, D. A.; Mirkin, C. Nature Biotechnology 2008, 26, 299–300. “An origami chip of DNA”, Kaganman, I. Nature Methods 2008, 5, 222. 
 

Highlighted on Arizona State University homepage. 
 

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12. Developing DNA Tiles for Oligonucleotide Hybridization Assay with Higher Accuracy and Efficiency

Ke, Y.; Nangreave, J.; Yan, H.; Lindsay, S.; Liu, Y. Chemical Communications 2008, 5622–5624. [PDF]

11. Self-assembled DNA Nanostructures for Distance-Dependent Multivalent Ligand-Protein Binding

 Rinker, S.*; Ke, Y.*; Liu, Y.; Chhabra, R.; Yan, H. Nature Nanotechnology 2008, 3, 418–422. [PDF]

10. DNA-Tile-Directed Self-Assembly of Quantum Dots into Two-Dimensional Nanopatterns

Sharma, J.; Ke, Y.; Lin, C.; Chhabra, R.; Wang, Q.; Nangreave, J.; Liu, Y.; Yan, H. Angewandte Chemie 2008, 47, 5157–5159. [PDF]

9. Quantum Dot Bioconjugation during Core-Shell Synthesis

Wang, Q.; Liu, Y.; Ke, Y.; Yan, H. Quantum Dot Bioconjugation during Core-Shell Synthesis. Angewandte Chemie 2008, 47, 316–319. [PDF

8. Subtractive Assembly of DNA Nanoarchitectures Driven by Fuel Strand Displacement

Li, Z.; Ke, Y.; Lin, C.; Yan, H.; Liu, Y. Chemical Communications 2008, 4318–4320. [PDF]

7. Functional DNA Nanotube Arrays: Bottom-Up Meets Top-Down

.Lin, C.; Ke, Y.; Liu, Y.; Mertig, M.; Gu, J.; Yan, H. Angewandte Chemie 2007, 46, 6089–6092. [PDF]

6. Spatially Addressable Multiprotein Nanoarrays Templated by Aptamer-Tagged DNA Nanoarchitectures

Chhabra, R.; Sharma, J.; Ke, Y.; Liu, Y.; Rinker, S.; Lindsay, S.; Yan, H. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2007, 129, 10304–10305. [PDF]
 

Highlighted by the editors of Nature Nanotechnology as “Research Highlight”: (http://www.nature.com/nnano/reshigh/2007/0807/full/nnano.2007.287.html). 

5. A Study of DNA Tube Formation Mechanisms Using 4-, 8-, and 12-Helix DNA Nanostructures

Ke, Y.; Liu, Y.; Zhang, J.; Yan, H. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2006, 128, 4414–4421. [PDF]

4. Periodic Square-Like Gold Nanoparticle Arrays Templated by Self-Assembled 2D DNA Nanogrids on a Surface

Zhang, J.; Liu, Y.; Ke, Y.; Yan, H. Periodic Square-Like Gold Nanoparticle Arrays Templated by Self-Assembled 2D DNA Nanogrids on a Surface. Nano Letters 2006, 6, 248–251. [PDF]
 

Featured in physorg.com: (http://www.physorg.com/news11996.html) and the top 10 most cited papers published in Nano Lett. in 2006 

3. DNA Nanotechnology: a Rapidly Evolving Field

Lund, K.; Williams, B.; Ke, Y.; Liu, Y.; Yan, H. Current Nanoscience 2006, 2, 113–122.

2. DNA-Templated Self-Assembly of Two-Dimensional and Periodical Gold Nanoparticle Arrays

Sharma, J.; Chhabra, R.; Liu, Y.; Ke, Y.; Yan, H. Angewandte Chemie 2006, 45, 730–735. [PDF]

1. Self-Assembly of Symmetric Finite-Size DNA Nanoarrays

Liu, Y.; Ke, Y.; Yan, H. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2005, 127, 17140–17141. [PDF]


Highlighted in Nature Material Science and Nanotechnology as a nanozone news: (http://www.nature.com/materals/nanozone/news/060105/potal/m060105-2.html)

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