Dr Jussi Toppari

• Senior Lecturer University of Jyväskylä
• Email: j.jussi.toppari@jyu.fi
• Telephone: +358 40 805 4123
• Department of Physics, P.O. Box 35 (YFL), FI-40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland

The group studies nanoelectronics and plasmonics, especially phenomena related to molecules. One of the main interests, on which the group has a long experience, is self-assembled DNA structures. The main focus is on DNA origami structures; their modifications and utilization in nanofabrication of electronic and optical/plasmonic nanodevices. Another main interest, is the coupling between surface plasmons and molecules, especially on a strong coupling limit, which yields hybrid plasmon-molecule -states possessing new fundamental properties enabling, e.g., totally new ways for controlling chemistry in molecular level. Other topics studied are utilization of plasmonics for solar energy, surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) of microbes, as well as optical and plasmonic properties of fluorescent proteins, carbon nanotubes, graphene and conducting polymers.