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

The specificity and simplicity of the Watson–Crick base pair interactions make DNA one of
the most versatile construction materials for creating nanoscale structures and devices …

Plasmonic nanocavities are able to engineer and confine electromagnetic fields to
subwavelength volumes. In the past decade, they have enabled a large set of applications …

Plasmonic and nanopore sensors have separately received much attention for achieving
single‐molecule precision. A plasmonic “hotspot” confines and enhances optical excitation …

The research field entitled structural DNA nanotechnology emerged in the beginning of the
1980s as the first immobile synthetic nucleic acid junctions were postulated and …

The extraordinary optical properties of surface plasmons in metal nanostructures provide the
possibilities to enhance and accelerate the spontaneous emission, and manipulate the …

Fabricating nanocavities in which optically active single quantum emitters are precisely
positioned is crucial for building nanophotonic devices. Here we show that self-assembly …

DNA origami has taken a leading position in organizing materials at the nanoscale for
various applications such as manipulation of light by exploiting plasmonic nanoparticles. We …

The reliable programmability of DNA origami makes it an extremely attractive tool for bottom-
up self-assembly of complex nanostructures. Utilizing this property for the tuned …

The advent of highly sensitive photodetectors and the development of photostabilization
strategies made detecting the fluorescence of single molecules a routine task in many labs …