Metal nanoparticles hold great promise for practical applications in various field. In many cases, utility of metal nanoparticles for specific application critically depends on the particles' geometrical parameters and there is a great need for technologies which allow reliable and scalable synthesis of nanoparticles with programmable shapes. In this project we will develop novel methods that allow to transfer structural programmability, complexity and precision offered by molecular self-assembly, especially DNA origami technique, into the realm of metal nanoparticles synthesis. This will allow us to create metal nanostructures of almost any desirable shapes and explore utility of such particles in the fields of photothermal therapy, chiral plasmonics and nanophotonics. Results of this proposal will have significant impact in the fields of colloidal synthesis, plasmonics and nanophotonics and will open new routes towards practical applications of metal nanoparticles.

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