[HTML][HTML] Pursuing excitonic energy transfer with programmable DNA-based optical breadboards

D Mathur, SA Díaz, N Hildebrandt… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
DNA nanotechnology has now enabled the self-assembly of almost any prescribed 3-
dimensional nanoscale structure in large numbers and with high fidelity. These structures …

Engineering exciton dynamics with synthetic DNA scaffolds

SM Hart, J Gorman, M Bathe… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Excitons are the molecular-scale currency of electronic energy. Control over
excitons enables energy to be directed and harnessed for light harvesting, electronics, and …

Using transition density models to interpret experimental optical spectra of exciton-coupled cyanine (iCy3)2 dimer probes of local DNA conformations at or near …

D Heussman, L Enkhbaatar, MI Sorour… - Nucleic Acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Exciton-coupled chromophore dimers are an emerging class of optical probes for studies of
site-specific biomolecular interactions. Applying accurate theoretical models for the …

Two‐dimensional supramolecular polymerization of DNA amphiphiles is driven by sequence‐dependent DNA‐chromophore interactions

M Ghufran Rafique, JM Remington… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Two‐dimensional (2D) assemblies of water‐soluble block copolymers have been
limited by a dearth of systematic studies that relate polymer structure to pathway mechanism …

Studies of DNA 'Breathing' by Polarization-Sweep Single-Molecule Fluorescence Microscopy of Exciton-Coupled (iCy3)2 Dimer-Labeled DNA Fork Constructs

J Maurer, CS Albrecht, P Herbert… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Local fluctuations of the sugar–phosphate backbones and bases of DNA (often called DNA
'breathing') play a variety of critical roles in controlling the functional interactions of the DNA …

Activating charge-transfer state formation in strongly-coupled dimers using DNA scaffolds

SM Hart, JL Banal, MA Castellanos, L Markova… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Strongly-coupled multichromophoric assemblies orchestrate the absorption, transport, and
conversion of photonic energy in natural and synthetic systems. Programming these …

Tunable electronic structure via DNA-templated heteroaggregates of two distinct cyanine dyes

JS Huff, SA Díaz, MS Barclay… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Molecular excitons are useful for applications in light harvesting, organic optoelectronics,
and nanoscale computing. Electronic energy transfer (EET) is a process central to the …

Intramolecular Charge Transfer and Ultrafast Nonradiative Decay in DNA-Tethered Asymmetric Nitro-and Dimethylamino-Substituted Squaraines

ND Wright, JS Huff, MS Barclay… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Molecular (dye) aggregates are a materials platform of interest in light harvesting, organic
optoelectronics, and nanoscale computing, including quantum information science (QIS) …

Molecular dynamics simulations of cyanine dimers attached to DNA Holliday junctions

A Biaggne, YC Kim, JS Melinger, WB Knowlton… - RSC …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Dye aggregates and their excitonic properties are of interest for their applications to organic
photovoltaics, non-linear optics, and quantum information systems. DNA scaffolding has …

Symmetry Breaking Charge Transfer in DNA-Templated Perylene Dimer Aggregates

KM Duncan, DL Kellis, JS Huff, MS Barclay, J Lee… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Molecular aggregates are of interest to a broad range of fields including light harvesting,
organic optoelectronics, and nanoscale computing. In molecular aggregates, nonradiative …