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Assembling nanoantennas

Metallic nanoparticles enable the control of optical fields at the nanometre scale, enhancing the absorption and emission of local emitters. Now, using the self-assembling properties of DNA, functional nanoantennas have been developed that comprise a versatile and robust assembly of gold nanoparticles and emitters.

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Figure 1: Cartoon illustrating the DNA towers holding one emitter (ATTO 647N) and a, zero b, one 80-nm gold nanoparticle and c, two 80-nm gold nanoparticles.

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Cosa, G. Assembling nanoantennas. Nature Chem 5, 159–160 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1582

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