About Our Research

Our research focuses on developing strategic and surface nano-optical methods for controlling the architecture of molecules and materials on a 1-100 nm scale. Our researchers, with backgrounds ranging from medicine, biology, chemistry, physics and material science, are working together in solving fundamental and applied problems of modern nanoscience.

	Tuning the Spring Constant of Cantilever-Free Tip Arrays Nano Letters, 13, 664-667 (2013). Eichelsdoerfer, D. J.; Brown, K. A.; Boya, R.; Shim, W.; Mirkin, C. A. Read More
	Synthesis of Hexagonal Gold Bipyramids Directed by Planar-Twinned Silver Triangular Nanoprisms Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135, 3800-3803 (2013). Personick, M. L.; Langille, M. R.; Wu, J.; Mirkin, C. A. Read More
	Bypassing the Limitations of Classical Chemical Purification with DNA-Programmable Nanoparticle Recrystallization Angewandte Chemie, 52, 2886-2891 (2013). Jones, M. R.; Mirkin, C. A. Read More
	Elucidating the Mechanism of the Halide-Induced Ligand Rearrangement Reaction Inorganic Chemistry, 51, 11986–11995 (2012). Yoo, H; Rosen, M. S.; Brown, A. M.; Wiester, M. J.; Stern, C. L.; Mirkin, C. A. Read More
	Antibody-linked Spherical Nucleic Acids for Cellular Targeting Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134, 16488-16491 (2012). Zhang, K.; Hao, L.; Hurst, S. J.; Mirkin, C. A. Read More

The spherical nucleic acid (SNA) nanostructure was invented in the Mirkin lab in 1996, and we have been developing it for use in biomedical and materials science applications ever since. Watch the video below to learn more about this unique nanomaterial!

Contact

To apply for a postdoctoral associate position, send CV to:
mirkin-manager@northwestern.edu

To inquire about the Northwestern University Chemistry Department graduate degree program, please contact the Graduate Program Assistant at:
gradasst@northwestern.edu