An emerging strategy for synthesizing nanoclusters and nanoparticles involves the
confinement of particle precursors within small volumes and the subsequent reduction and …

Self-assembly approaches, eg colloidal, emulsion and polymer phase separation, provide
scientists with an exotic yet direct platform to access technologically desired nanostructures …

Block copolymer (BCP) nanopatterning has emerged as a versatile nanoscale fabrication
tool for semiconductor devices and other applications, because of its ability to organize well …

Abstract The performance of Pd/Pt-based electrocatalysts is closely correlated with their
surface structure, size and composition. Herein, we prepared uniformly distributed ultra …

Squeezing light into nanometer-sized metallic nanogaps can generate extremely high near-
field intensities, resulting in dramatically enhanced absorption, emission, and Raman …

Plasmonic core-shell nanomaterials have attracted great attention and offered wide
applications in surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) due to their unique localized …

Periodic porous alloyed Au–Ag nanosphere (NS) arrays with different periodic lengths and
tunable composition ratios were prepared on Si substrates on a large scale (∼ cm2) using …

Conventional lateral flow test strip (LFTS) sensors are insufficiently accurate and reliable
due to their single-target detection with limited sample information in a single test. The …

Nanoparticles have long been recognized for their unique properties, leading to exciting
potential applications across optics, electronics, magnetism, and catalysis. These specific …

Precise control over the spatial arrangement of inorganic nanoparticles on a large scale is
desirable for the design of functional nanomaterials, sensing, and optical/electronic devices …