In recent years, due to its unparalleled advantages, the biomimetic and bioinspired
synthesis of nanomaterials/nanostructures has drawn increasing interest and attention …

Self-assembly offers unique possibilities for fabricating nanostructures, with different
morphologies and properties, typically from vapour or liquid phase precursors. Molecular …

Biological processes build complex, functional materials from the molecular encoded messa
blueprint ges writt for lif en in the sequence of its fe, DNA. DNA directs material synthesis …

Colloidal particles show interaction with electromagnetic radiation at optical frequencies. At
the same time clever colloid design and functionalization concepts allow for versatile particle …

Nanotechnology is touted as the next logical sequence in technological evolution. This has
led to a substantial surge in research activities pertaining to the development and …

The excitation of surface plasmons in metallic nanostructures provides an opportunity to
localize light at the nanoscale, well below the scale of the wavelength of the light. The high …

Immobilization of gold nanoparticles on planar surfaces is of great interest to many scientific
communities; chemists, physicists, biologists, and the various communities working at the …

To realize the full potential of nanocrystals in nanotechnology, it is necessary to integrate
single nanocrystals into addressable structures; for example, arrays and periodic lattices …

We review recent progress on the assembly of metal nanocrystals using dithiol and DNA
based bifunctional linkers to create discrete plasmonic superstructures. The structures …

Chiral plasmonic surfaces with 3D “forests” from nanohelicoids should provide strong optical
rotation due to alignment of helical axis with propagation vector of photons. However, such …