Dye molecules are shown to assemble into J-aggregate arrays by sequence-specific organization in the minor groove of DNA duplex sequences. Energy transfer through these structures displays the hallmarks of coherent coupling over distances that exceed those of conventional dipole-coupling processes.
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Bruchez, M. Through, rather than across. Nat. Mater. 17, 112–113 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat5073
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