Chad A Mirkin
Professor
Department of Arts and Sciences and Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
United States of America
Biography
PhD: Pennsylvania State University, Chemistry (1989)
Research Interest
Developing methods for controlling the architecture of molecules and materials on the 1 – 100 nm length scale, and utilizing such structures in the development of analytical tools that can be used in the areas of chemical and biological sensing, gene regulation, lithography, catalysis, optics, and energy generation, storage, and conversion.
Publications
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Elghanian R, Storhoff JJ, Mucic RC, Letsinger RL, Mirkin CA. Selective colorimetric detection of polynucleotides based on the distance-dependent optical properties of gold nanoparticles. Science. 1997 Aug 22;277(5329):1078-81.
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Mirkin CA, Letsinger RL, Mucic RC, Storhoff JJ. A DNA-based method for rationally assembling nanoparticles into macroscopic materials. Nature. 1996 Aug 15;382(6592):607-9.
