DNA has become one of the most extensively used molecular building blocks for
engineering self-assembling materials. DNA origami is a technique that uses hundreds of …

Advances in bioimaging technologies have led to unprecedented findings of novel
biological processes at the nanoscale. However, there remains an ever-lasting demand for …

Far-field optical microscopy using focused light is an important tool in a number of scientific
disciplines including chemical,(bio) physical and biomedical research, particularly with …

Understanding the relations between the formation, structure, dynamics and functionality of
complex synthetic materials is one of the great challenges in chemistry and nanotechnology …

DNA self-assembly has produced diverse synthetic three-dimensional polyhedra. These
structures typically have a molecular weight no greater than 5 megadaltons. We report a …

We report that plasmonic nanoantennas made by DNA origami can be used as reliable and
efficient probes for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). The nanoantenna is …

Validating and testing a fluorescence microscope or a microscopy method requires defined
samples that can be used as standards. DNA origami is a new tool that provides a …

Structural DNA nanotechnology is a rapidly emerging field that has demonstrated great
potential for applications such as single molecule sensing, drug delivery, and templating …

Photobleaching remains a limiting factor in superresolution fluorescence microscopy. This is
particularly true for stimulated emission depletion (STED) and reversible …

The nanoscale engineering of nucleic acids has led to exciting molecular technologies for
high-end biological imaging. The predictable base pairing, high programmability, and …