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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
Volume 4, Issue 23, Pages 4140-4145Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jz402076b
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- Marie Curie FP7 Integration Grant within the 7th European Union Framework Programme
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
- University of Potsdam
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
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DNA nanotechnology holds great promise for the fabrication of novel plasmonic nanostructures and the potential to carry out single-molecule measurements using optical spectroscopy. Here, we demonstrate for the first time that DNA origami nanostructures can be exploited as substrates for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been arranged into dimers to create intense Raman scattering hot spots in the interparticle gaps. AuNPs (15 nm) covered with TAMRA-modified DNA have been placed at a nominal distance of 25 nm to demonstrate the formation of Raman hot spots. To control the plasmonic coupling between the nanoparticles and thus the field enhancement in the hot spot, the size of AuNPs has been varied from 5 to 28 nm by electroless Au deposition. By the precise positioning of a specific number of TAMRA molecules in these hot spots, SERS with the highest sensitivity down to the few-molecule level is obtained.
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