Nanotechnology Now Home > Press > Energy transmission by gold nanoparticles coupled to DNA structures A 40 nm gold sphere induces plasmonic coupling between two 50 nm long gold rods that are arranged in a chiral fashion. Source: T. Liedl Abstract: Using DNA structures as scaffolds, Tim Liedl, a scientist of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich, has shown that precisely positioned gold nanoparticles can serve as efficient energy transmitters. Energy transmission by gold nanoparticles coupled to DNA structures Munich, Germany | Posted on April 9th, 2021 Since the inception of the fi...