Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) provides significantly enhanced Raman
scattering signals from molecules adsorbed on plasmonic nanostructures, as well as the …

The predictable nature of DNA interactions enables the programmable assembly of highly
advanced 2D and 3D DNA structures of nanoscale dimensions. The access to ever larger …

The self-assembly of inorganic nanoparticles is of great importance in realizing their
enormous potentials for broad applications due to the advanced collective properties of …

Exosomal microRNAs (miRNAs) are reliable and noninvasive biomarkers for the early
diagnosis of cancer. Yet, accurate and feasible detection of exosomal miRNAs is often …

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

The spatial arrangement of plasmonic nanoparticles can dramatically affect their interaction
with electromagnetic waves, which offers an effective approach to systematically control their …

Plasmonic gap nanostructures (PGNs) have been extensively investigated mainly because
of their strongly enhanced optical responses, which stem from the high intensity of the …

Under the right process conditions, nanoparticles can cluster together to form defined,
dispersed structures, which can be termed supraparticles. Controlling the size, shape, and …

How far we can push chemical self-assembly is one of the most important scientific
questions of the century. Colloidal self-assembly is a bottom-up technique for the rational …

DNA nanotechnology offers unparalleled precision and programmability for the bottom-up
organization of materials. This approach relies on pre-assembling a DNA scaffold, typically …