Photonic nanowires and networks made of biopolymers with tailorable emission and lasing properties

Here we will review our current activities on the realization of photonic active structures based on biomaterials. Nanofibers of DNA incorporating light-emitting chromophores are reported with enhanced optical emission and lasing properties tailorable by the fiber size and architecture. The research leading to these results has received funding the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 682157, “xPRINT”) and from the Italian Minister of University and Research through the PRIN 201795SBA3 project.