Biological materials are self-assembled with near-atomic precision in living cells, whereas
synthetic 3D structures generally lack such precision and controllability. Recently, DNA …

Controlled assembly of inorganic nanoparticles with different compositions, sizes and
shapes into higher-order structures of collective functionalities is a central pursued objective …

DNA has become one of the most extensively used molecular building blocks for
engineering self-assembling materials. DNA origami is a technique that uses hundreds of …

We present a comprehensive overview of chirality and its optical manifestation in plasmonic
nanosystems and nanostructures. We discuss top-down fabricated structures that range from …

Noble metal nanoparticles have been extensively studied to understand and apply their
plasmonic responses, upon coupling with electromagnetic radiation, to research areas such …

The interaction between light and matter can be controlled efficiently by structuring materials
at a length scale shorter than the wavelength of interest. With the goal to build optical …

This review focuses on fundamental advances in DNA origami design and its emerging
applications. For convenience, applications are coarsely categorized into nanofabrication …

Nature has evolved strategies to encode information within a single biopolymer to program
biomolecular interactions with characteristic stoichiometry, orthogonality and …

In recent years, DNA-based biosensors have shown great potential as the candidate of the
next generation biomedical detection device due to their robust chemical properties and …

Throughout billions of years, biological systems have evolved sophisticated, multiscale
hierarchical structures to adapt to changing environments. Biomaterials are synthesized …