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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2015
Susan Buckhout-white, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Mario Ancona, Alexandria, VA (US);
Ellen R. Goldman, Germantown, MD (US);
Igor L. Medintz, Springfield, VA (US);
Joseph S. Melinger, Oakton, VA (US);
Susan Buckhout-White, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Mario Ancona, Alexandria, VA (US);
Ellen R. Goldman, Germantown, MD (US);
Igor L. Medintz, Springfield, VA (US);
Joseph S. Melinger, Oakton, VA (US);
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a nanoscale antenna including a nucleic acid scaffold having a structure selected from the group consisting of a Holliday junction, a star, and a dendrimer; and a plurality of fluorophores attached to the scaffold and configured as a FRET cascade comprising at least three different types of fluorophores, arranged with (a) a plurality of initial donor fluorophores fixed in exterior positions on the structure, (b) a terminal acceptor fluorophore fixed in a central position on the structure, and (c) a plurality of intermediate fluorophores fixed in positions on the scaffold between the initial acceptor fluorophores and the terminal acceptor fluorophores.