Precision ChemistryPub Date : 2025-03-03eCollection Date: 2025-04-28DOI: 10.1021/prechem.4c00100
Junyou Li, Ting Li, Zheng Zou, Hung-Wing Li
{"title":"The Trend of Nonenzymatic Nucleic Acid Amplification: Strategies and Diagnostic Application.","authors":"Junyou Li, Ting Li, Zheng Zou, Hung-Wing Li","doi":"10.1021/prechem.4c00100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/prechem.4c00100","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nonenzymatic nucleic acid amplification reactions, especially nonenzymatic DNA amplification reactions (NDARs), are thermodynamically driven processes that operate without enzymes, relying on toehold-mediated strand displacement (TMSD) and branch migration. With their sensitive and efficient signal amplification capabilities, NDARs have become essential tools for biomarker detection and intracellular imaging. They encompass four primary amplification methods: catalytic hairpin assembly (CHA), hybridization chain reaction (HCR), DNAzyme-based amplification, and entropy-driven circuits (EDC). Based on amplification mechanisms, NDARs can be categorized into three types: stimuli-responsive NDARs, which employ single amplification strategies triggered by specific stimuli like pH, light, or biomolecules; cascade NDARs, which integrate two or more amplification reactions for stepwise signal enhancement; and autocatalytic NDARs, which achieve exponential amplification through self-sustained cycling. These advanced designs progressively improve amplification efficiency, enhance sensitivity, and minimize background noise, enabling precise detection of proteins, viruses, and nucleic acids as well as applications in cancer cell imaging and therapy. Compared with classical NDARs, these approaches significantly reduce signal leakage, offering broader applicability in diagnostics, imaging, and therapeutic contexts. This review summarizes recent advancements, addresses existing challenges, and explores future directions, providing insights into the development and applications of NDARs.</p>","PeriodicalId":29793,"journal":{"name":"Precision Chemistry","volume":"3 4","pages":"187-205"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12042136/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144003612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Precision ChemistryPub Date : 2025-03-03eCollection Date: 2025-05-26DOI: 10.1021/prechem.4c00092
James D Holladay, Zachary A Berkheimer, Michael K Haggard, Jacob B Nielsen, Gregory P Nordin, Adam T Woolley
{"title":"3D Printed Microfluidic Devices for Integrated Immunoaffinity Extraction, Solid-Phase Extraction, and Fluorescent Labeling of Preterm Birth Biomarkers.","authors":"James D Holladay, Zachary A Berkheimer, Michael K Haggard, Jacob B Nielsen, Gregory P Nordin, Adam T Woolley","doi":"10.1021/prechem.4c00092","DOIUrl":"10.1021/prechem.4c00092","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A miniaturized, biomarker-based diagnostic for preterm birth (PTB) risk will require multiple sample preparation steps to be integrated in a single platform. To this end, we created a 3D printed microfluidic device that combines immunoaffinity extraction (IAE), solid-phase extraction (SPE), and fluorescent labeling. This device uses an antibody-functionalized IAE monolith to selectively extract PTB biomarkers, a lauryl methacrylate reverse-phase SPE monolith to concentrate and facilitate fluorescent labeling of PTB biomarkers, and 3D printed valves to control flow through the monoliths. The advantageous iterative design process for arriving at a functional device is documented. The IAE/SPE device performed selective, reproducible extractions of three PTB biomarkers from buffer and depleted maternal blood serum, demonstrating its utility for single-biomarker and multiplexed extractions. After tandem extraction and fluorescent labeling, biomarkers eluted from the SPE monolith in a concentrated plug, facilitating future integration with downstream analysis techniques including microchip electrophoresis. This device effectively combines and automates orthogonal chromatographic extraction methods and constitutes a substantial step toward a complete microfluidic PTB prediction platform.</p>","PeriodicalId":29793,"journal":{"name":"Precision Chemistry","volume":"3 5","pages":"261-271"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12117449/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144183039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Precision ChemistryPub Date : 2025-03-03DOI: 10.1021/prechem.4c0010010.1021/prechem.4c00100
Junyou Li, Ting Li, Zheng Zou and Hung-Wing Li*,
{"title":"The Trend of Nonenzymatic Nucleic Acid Amplification: Strategies and Diagnostic Application","authors":"Junyou Li, Ting Li, Zheng Zou and Hung-Wing Li*, ","doi":"10.1021/prechem.4c0010010.1021/prechem.4c00100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/prechem.4c00100https://doi.org/10.1021/prechem.4c00100","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Nonenzymatic nucleic acid amplification reactions, especially nonenzymatic DNA amplification reactions (NDARs), are thermodynamically driven processes that operate without enzymes, relying on toehold-mediated strand displacement (TMSD) and branch migration. With their sensitive and efficient signal amplification capabilities, NDARs have become essential tools for biomarker detection and intracellular imaging. They encompass four primary amplification methods: catalytic hairpin assembly (CHA), hybridization chain reaction (HCR), DNAzyme-based amplification, and entropy-driven circuits (EDC). Based on amplification mechanisms, NDARs can be categorized into three types: stimuli-responsive NDARs, which employ single amplification strategies triggered by specific stimuli like pH, light, or biomolecules; cascade NDARs, which integrate two or more amplification reactions for stepwise signal enhancement; and autocatalytic NDARs, which achieve exponential amplification through self-sustained cycling. These advanced designs progressively improve amplification efficiency, enhance sensitivity, and minimize background noise, enabling precise detection of proteins, viruses, and nucleic acids as well as applications in cancer cell imaging and therapy. Compared with classical NDARs, these approaches significantly reduce signal leakage, offering broader applicability in diagnostics, imaging, and therapeutic contexts. This review summarizes recent advancements, addresses existing challenges, and explores future directions, providing insights into the development and applications of NDARs.</p>","PeriodicalId":29793,"journal":{"name":"Precision Chemistry","volume":"3 4","pages":"187–205 187–205"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.1021/prechem.4c00100","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143878358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Precision ChemistryPub Date : 2025-03-03DOI: 10.1021/prechem.4c0007310.1021/prechem.4c00073
Yudan Chen, Yuanhua Sun, Sicheng Li, Xiaokang Liu, Wei Zhang, Qiquan Luo, Dong Liu*, Tao Ding* and Tao Yao*,
{"title":"Management of Platinum Electronic States through Metal Host–Guest Interactions for Enhanced Oxygen Reduction","authors":"Yudan Chen, Yuanhua Sun, Sicheng Li, Xiaokang Liu, Wei Zhang, Qiquan Luo, Dong Liu*, Tao Ding* and Tao Yao*, ","doi":"10.1021/prechem.4c0007310.1021/prechem.4c00073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/prechem.4c00073https://doi.org/10.1021/prechem.4c00073","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Controlling the electronic states of Pt-based catalysts holds great promise for enhancing the intrinsic activity of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Herein, inspired by first-principles simulations, we propose a strategy using metal host–guest interactions to tune Pt 5d electronic characteristics to optimize the adsorption strength of the key *OH intermediate. The hybrid electrocatalyst of Pt nanoparticles on a single-atom Co–N–C support (Pt@Co<sub>L</sub> SAs) exhibits a half-wave potential of 0.92 V and a mass activity of 3.2 A·mg<sub>Pt</sub><sup>–1</sup> at 0.9 V in 0.1 M HClO<sub>4</sub>, which is a 20-fold enhancement compared with commercial Pt/C. Impressively, the Pt loading in the catalyst is as low as 1.70 wt %, which represents the lowest value reported in the relevant literature on Pt-based acidic ORR catalysts. Comprehensive spectroscopy investigations and theoretical simulations revealed that the precise regulatory effect of Co in various dispersion states effectively weakens the intermediate adsorption and reduces the energy barrier for the water decomposition step. Our finding provides valuable insights for the development of advanced ultralow-Pt ORR catalysts via the integration engineering of multiple metal sites.</p>","PeriodicalId":29793,"journal":{"name":"Precision Chemistry","volume":"3 5","pages":"279–288 279–288"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.1021/prechem.4c00073","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144133939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Precision ChemistryPub Date : 2025-03-03eCollection Date: 2025-05-26DOI: 10.1021/prechem.4c00073
Yudan Chen, Yuanhua Sun, Sicheng Li, Xiaokang Liu, Wei Zhang, Qiquan Luo, Dong Liu, Tao Ding, Tao Yao
{"title":"Management of Platinum Electronic States through Metal Host-Guest Interactions for Enhanced Oxygen Reduction.","authors":"Yudan Chen, Yuanhua Sun, Sicheng Li, Xiaokang Liu, Wei Zhang, Qiquan Luo, Dong Liu, Tao Ding, Tao Yao","doi":"10.1021/prechem.4c00073","DOIUrl":"10.1021/prechem.4c00073","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Controlling the electronic states of Pt-based catalysts holds great promise for enhancing the intrinsic activity of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Herein, inspired by first-principles simulations, we propose a strategy using metal host-guest interactions to tune Pt 5d electronic characteristics to optimize the adsorption strength of the key *OH intermediate. The hybrid electrocatalyst of Pt nanoparticles on a single-atom Co-N-C support (Pt@Co<sub>L</sub> SAs) exhibits a half-wave potential of 0.92 V and a mass activity of 3.2 A·mg<sub>Pt</sub> <sup>-1</sup> at 0.9 V in 0.1 M HClO<sub>4</sub>, which is a 20-fold enhancement compared with commercial Pt/C. Impressively, the Pt loading in the catalyst is as low as 1.70 wt %, which represents the lowest value reported in the relevant literature on Pt-based acidic ORR catalysts. Comprehensive spectroscopy investigations and theoretical simulations revealed that the precise regulatory effect of Co in various dispersion states effectively weakens the intermediate adsorption and reduces the energy barrier for the water decomposition step. Our finding provides valuable insights for the development of advanced ultralow-Pt ORR catalysts via the integration engineering of multiple metal sites.</p>","PeriodicalId":29793,"journal":{"name":"Precision Chemistry","volume":"3 5","pages":"279-288"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12117436/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144183422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tong Ye Wang, Jessica Latimer, Jean-Luc Rukundo, Isaac Kogan, Svetlana M. Krylova, Sebastian Schreiber, Philip Kohlmann, Joachim Jose and Sergey N. Krylov*,
{"title":"","authors":"Tong Ye Wang, Jessica Latimer, Jean-Luc Rukundo, Isaac Kogan, Svetlana M. Krylova, Sebastian Schreiber, Philip Kohlmann, Joachim Jose and Sergey N. Krylov*, ","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29793,"journal":{"name":"Precision Chemistry","volume":"3 2","pages":"XXX-XXX XXX-XXX"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/prechem.4c00085","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144397528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}