Making colours out of gold and DNA
Gold nanoparticles are arranged by custom DNA molecules to produce colours
Dr. Svitlana Filonenko, postdoc (now: group manager at MPI of Colloids and Interfaces)
Susanna Hällsten, MSc
Arttu Lehtonen, MSc (now: doctoral candidate in Juho Pokki lab)
Ilona Leppänen, MSc (now: research scientist at VTT)
Dr. Sesha Manuguri (current position: optical engineer, Microsoft, Helsinki)
Kalle Mikkola, MSc
Ashwin Natarajan (current position: postdoc, Daumke Lab, Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin)
Dr. Minh-Kha Nguyen (now: Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT), Vietnam)
Joonas Ryssy (current position: postdoc, Schaufelberger Group, Department of Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm)
Nguyen Hoang Vu, MSc (now: DNAnexus, Vietnam)
J. Ryssy, A. K. Natarajan, J. Wang, A. J. Lehtonen, M.‐K. Nguyen, R. Klajn, A. Kuzyk (2021): Light‐Responsive Dynamic DNA‐Origami‐Based Plasmonic Assemblies. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 60: 5859.
M.-K. Nguyen, V. H. Nguyen, A. K. Natarajan, Y. Huang, J. Ryssy, B. Shen, A. Kuzyk (2020): Ultrathin Silica Coating of DNA Origami Nanostructures. Chemistry of Materials 32: 6657.
P. Zhan, M. J. Urban, S. Both, X. Duan, A. Kuzyk, T. Weiss, N. Liu (2019): DNA-assembled Nanoarchitectures with Multiple Components in Regulated and Coordinated Motion. Science Advances 5: eaax6023.
M-K Nguyen, A. Kuzyk (2019): Reconfigurable Chiral Plasmonics beyond Single Chiral Centers. ACS Nano 13:13615.
Q. Liu, A. Kuzyk, M. Endo, I. Smalyukh (2019): Plasmonic DNA-Origami with Photo-Switchable Chirality in Liquid Crystals. Optics Letters 44:2831.
T. Funck, F. Nicoli, A. Kuzyk, T. Liedl (2018): Sensing Picomolar Concentrations of RNA using Switchable Plasmonic Chirality. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 57:13495.
Y. Huang, M-K Nguyen, A. K. Natarajan, V. H. Nguyen, A. Kuzyk (2018): DNA Origami-Based Chiral Plasmonic Sensing Device. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 10:44221.
Gold nanoparticles are arranged by custom DNA molecules to produce colours
Electronically controlled molecular machines would be faster as well as easier to manufacture, as they would not need to rely on sophisticated chemical synthesis.
Nanosized hinges can fold and unfold on command
Understanding of computer science and mathematics becomes increasingly important in the field of DNA nanotechnology, says Professor Pekka Orponen
DNA self-assembly allows the unprecedented control of the optical properties of plasmonic metamolecules.
Being able to build things in nanoscale can lead to useful bioinspired applications, says Assistant Professor Anton Kuzyk.