Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM) 1 article published in JoVE Chemistry Assembly of Gold Nanorods into Chiral Plasmonic Metamolecules Using DNA Origami Templates Yike Huang1, Minh-Kha Nguyen1,2, Anton Kuzyk1 1Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Aalto University School of Science, Aalto FI-00076, 2Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) University of Technology, Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM), Ho Chi Minh City 700000 We describe the detailed protocol for the DNA origami-based assembly of gold nanorods into chiral plasmonic metamolecules with strong chiroptical responses. The protocol is not limited to chiral configurations and can be easily adapted for the fabrication of various plasmonic architectures.
