DNA Nanoflowers
DNA-guided nanoparticle lattices are promising model systems for exploring the controlled assembly of matter. Ordered arrays of gold and silver nanoparticles, for example, are promising building blocks for plasmonic metamaterials.
In this work we created DNA Origami structures to allow flexible control of the effective valency and bond angles of encapsulated gold nanoparticles. These ‘nanoflower’ shaped hybrid nanostructures could be reprogrammed through a number of DNA linker strands to create lattices of different symmetries (hexagonal, square and linear chains).
Ibon Santiago
Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, PhD
I am a physicist working in recreating biological phenomena in synthetic systems. My research interests include active matter, artificial cells and the wonders of biological physics.