In this review we consider the development of optical near-field imaging and nanostructuring by means laser ablation since its early stages around turn century. The interaction short, intense pulses with nanoparticles on a surface leads to laterally tightly confined, strongly enhanced electromagnetic fields below nano-objects, which can easily give rise nanoablation. This effect be exploited fo...

DNA origami is an emerging technology that assembles hundreds of staple strands and one single-strand DNA into certain nanopattern. It has been widely used in various fields including detection of biological molecules such as DNA, RNA and proteins. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play important roles in post-transcriptional gene repression as well as many other biological processes such as cell growth and d...

In drug discovery programs, the alteration between in vivo and in vitro cellular responses to drug represents one of the main challenges. Since the variation in the native extracellular matrix (ECM) between in vivo and 2D in vitro conditions is one of the key reasons for such discrepancies, thus the utilization of substrate that likely mimics ECM characteristics (topography, stiffness, and chem...

The microphase separation of block copolymer (BCP) thin films can afford a simple and cost-effective means to studying nanopattern surfaces, and especially the fabrication of nanocircuitry. However, because of complex interface effects and other complications, their 3D morphology, which is often critical for application, can be more complex than first thought. Here, we describe how emerging mic...

CsPbIBr2, a cesium-based all-inorganic halide perovskite (CsPe), is very promising alternative material to mainstream organic–inorganic hybrid (HPe) materials owing its exceptional moisture stability, thermal and light stability. However, because of the wide band gap (2.05 eV) it has low power conversion efficiency (PCE), which hinders application in highly efficient solar cells. In this study,...

The controlled positioning of DNA nanostructures on technologically relevant surfaces represents a major goal along the route toward the full-scale integration of DNA-based materials into nanoelectronic and sensor devices. Previous attempts to arrange DNA nanostructures into defined arrays mostly relied on top-down lithographic patterning techniques combined with chemical surface functionalizat...