“…Chemical agents capable of inducing ICLs have been developed for biological applications, such as for DNA damage and repair studies, [1–5] as anticancer agents, [6] for nucleic acid detection, [7,8] for targeting telomeric G-quadruplex structures, [9,10] and for construction of DNA nanomaterials. [11] Over the past few decades, several research groups have developed novel chemical methods for inducing ICL formation, such as photoirradiation, oxidation, reduction, fluoride induction, and H 2 O 2 induction.…”