Pluripotent Nucleic Acids and Nanomaterials

Dear Colleagues,

Structure determines function. Due to the richness of sequence composition and the complexity of chemical bonds and forces between microscopic atoms and molecules, a variety of nucleic acid structures and their conformations have been discovered, which give the nucleic acid-specific recognition, stimulus response, assembly controllability, luminous properties, antibacterial properties, enzyme catalysis and other pluripotent. Additionally, the components and sequences of nucleic acids also provide these with programmability, tailoring, modifiability, and biocompatibility. Due to their special size effect, nanomaterials also show rich interfacial properties, enzyme-like activities, fluorescence and other forms of pluripotency. The cross-fusion of the two is of great significance for the co-detection of multiple types of food safety risk factors and nutritional efficacy factors, as well as the efficient, stable encapsulation and targeted delivery of food nutritional efficacy components. In addition, other new cross innovation fields and topics, such as bacteriostasis, imaging, diagnosis, and therapy are also very welcome for submission to this Special Issue.

Dr. Longjiao Zhu
Dr. Nan Cheng
Dr. Jingjing Tian
Guest Editors

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