On the front cover of issue 6 is An optical-logic system based on cationic conjugated polymer/DNA/intercalating dyes assembly for label-free detection of conformational conversion of DNA i-motif structure by Wei Huang and co-workers at Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications. The paper describes a strategy for the design, construction, and characterization of a novel supramolecular optical-logic system based on the assembly of a cationic conjugated polymer, DNA, and intercalating dyes.
The issue also contains three Hot Articles.
- The effect of molecular weight on the supramolecular interaction between a conjugated polymer and single-walled carbon nanotubes
- Photo-responsive, biocompatible polymeric micelles self-assembled from hyperbranched polyphosphate-based polymers
- Photodecarbonylation and photoinitiated polymerization from a monomer and polymer based on the α-keto ester methacryloyl phenylglyoxylate
