Plasmonic structures can be constructed from precise numbers of well-defined metal nanoparticles that are held together with molecular linkers, templates or spacers. Such structures could be used to concentrate, guide and switch light on the nanoscale in
A promising avenue is to explore bottom up techniques, such as DNA self-assembly, that have been used to assemble plasmonic nanostructures, as well as fabrication on flexible substrates for integration with other devices. Effort should be dedicated to designing and engineering efficient OMs from ...
Potential experimental implementations of similar nanostructures could be based on the combination of molecular aggregates with colloidal and/or DNA-origami scaffolds [50–52]. 4 Methods 4.1 Chemicals All dyes were purchased from Few Chemicals: J562: (5-Phenyl-2-[2-[[5-phenyl-3-(4-sulfobutyl)...
DNAi motifnanostructuresscanning probe microscopyself-assemblyNanowires with attractive properties such as high persistence length and structural rigidity as well as with electrical,photonic,and plasmonic properties can act as structural and functional components in complex nanoscale devices.Nanowires have been...
scientists have innovated and applied sophisticated methods for synthesizing nanocrystals of diverse geometries and polymeric materials with varying molecular characteristics. These synthetic pathways play a pivotal role in the facile fabrication of a multitude of nanostructures, which also greatly facilitates ...
The spontaneous assembly of chiral structures from building blocks that lack chirality is fundamentally important for colloidal chemistry and has implications for the formation of advanced optical materials. Here, we find that purified achiral gold tetra
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Near-field enhanced magnetic plasmonic bifunctional nanotubes for single cell bioanalysis. Adv. Funct. Mater. 23, 4332–4338 (2013). 39. Peiris, P. M. et al. Enhanced delivery of chemotherapy to tumors using a multicomponent nanochain with radio-frequency-tunable drug release. ACS Nano 6, ...
Another novel concept connected with this field is biocomputing with plasmonic nanostructures integrated with lipid bilayers [112]. Plasmonic waveguides [113] and plasmonic circuits [114] that incorporate them represent another important application area. This kind of waveguides supports propagation of ...
In particular, plasmonic nanostructures of noble metals in combination with semiconductors are attracting tremendous attention [20]. Notably, these hybrid photocatalysts are a brilliant strategy to improve the photocatalytic activity of TiO2 due to the unique optical and electric properties of plasmonic ...