Despite the traditional plasmonic materials are counted on one hand, there are a lot of
possible combinations leading to alloys with other elements of the periodic table, in …

Electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) performed in a scanning transmission electron
microscope (STEM) has demonstrated unprecedented power in the characterization of …

Along with the rapid development of micro/nanofabrication technology, the past few decades
have seen the flourishing emergence of subwavelength-structured materials and interfaces …

Herein we demonstrate the synthesis of Ag–Cu alloy NPs through a consecutive two-step
process; laser ablation followed by laser irradiation. Initially, pure Ag and Cu NPs were …

In the present work, gold (Au), silver (Ag), and copper (Cu) based mono-and bimetallic NPs
are prepared using a cost-effective facile wet chemical route. The pH for the synthesis is …

Understanding how nano‐or micro‐scale structures and material properties can be optimally
configured to attain specific functionalities remains a fundamental challenge. Photonic …

Herein, we report the synthesis of different ZnO nanostructures using chemical bath
deposition method by changing the molar concentration of zinc precursor. The synthesized …

Security labels combining facile structural color readout and physically unclonable one-way
function (PUF) approach provide promising strategy for fighting against forgery of …

Trimetallic Ag–Au–Cu alloy microflowers (MFs) with various surface compositions were
synthesized on a glass coverslip and used as efficient surface-enhanced Raman …

Utilization of structural colors produced by nanosized optical antennas is expected to
revolutionize the current display technologies based on an inkjet or a pigmentation-based …