DNAzyme-capped mesoporous SiO 2 nanoparticles (MP SiO 2 NPs) are applied as stimuli-responsive containers for programmed synthesis.T hree types of MP SiO 2 NPs are prepared by loading the NPs with Cy3-DBCO (DBCO = dibenzocyclooctyl), Cy5-N 3 ,a nd Cy7-N 3 ,a nd capping the NP containers with the Mg 2+ ,Z n 2+ ,a nd histidine-dependent DNAzyme sequences,respectively.Inthe presence of Mg 2+ and Zn 2+ ions as triggers,the respective DNAzyme-capped NPs are unlocked, leading to the "click"reaction product Cy3-Cy5. In turn, in the presence of Mg 2+ ions and histidine as triggers the second set of DNAzyme-capped NPs is unlocked leading to the Cy3-Cy7 conjugated product. The unloading of the respective NPs and the time-dependent formation of the products are followed by fluorescence spectroscopy( FRET). Ad etailed kinetic model for the formation of the different products is formulated and it correlates nicely with the experimental results.The entrapment of substrates in the pores of mesoporous SiO 2 nanoparticles (MP SiO 2 NPs) and their controlled release by means of stimuli-responsive caps attracts substantial research interest. [1,2] Different applications of these NPs were suggested including controlled drug delivery, [3][4][5] sensing, [6] imaging, [7,8] and switchable catalysis. [9][10][11] Va rious stimuli were applied to unlock the pore caps and release the loaded substrates.T hese included pH, [12][13][14][15] redox reagents, [16][17][18] photonic signals, [19,20] and enzymes [21][22][23][24] as triggers.A lso,t he cooperative operation of gated nanoparticles was recently reported.[25] One class of stimuli-responsive MP SiO 2 NPs includes nucleic-acid-capped NPs.Bulky duplex nucleic acids, hairpin systems,p H-sensitive nucleic acids,a nd G-quadruplexes were used to cap the pores.Unlocking the nucleic acid gates through the formation of aptamer-ligand complexes, [26] pH-induced reconfiguration of i-motif structures to random coils, [27] crown-ether-stimulated separation of K + -ion-stabilized G-quadruplexes, [28] or enzymatic digestion of DNAcaps were reported.[29] Thep resent study introduces the novel application of stimuli-responsive MP SiO 2 NPs for programmed synthesis.W eintroduce metal-ion-dependent catalytic nucleic acids (DNAzymes) as functional caps of MP SiO 2 NPs loaded with different reagents.S pecific triggers lead to the dictated release of the loads and their programmed reactions.T he study provides ag eneral innovative paradigm for programmed synthesis in the presence of functional nanoparticle assemblies. Sequence-specific cofactor-dependent DNAzymes were used as stimuli-responsive capping units of MP SiO 2 NPs for the controlled release of drugs.[30] Thep resent study introduces the use of cofactor-dependent DNAzyme-capped mesoporous SiO 2 NPs for as timuli-dictated copper-free synthesis of "click-chemistry" products [31] (Figure 1a). This is demonstrated using amixture of MP SiO 2 NPs loaded with different reactants,t hat is,C y3-DBCO (1)( DBCO = dibenzocyclooctyl), Cy5-N 3 (2), and...