When lithography meets self-assembly: a review of recent advances in the directed assembly of complex metal nanostructures on planar and textured surfaces

RA Hughes, E Menumerov, S Neretina - Nanotechnology, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
One of the foremost challenges in nanofabrication is the establishment of a processing
science that integrates wafer-based materials, techniques, and devices with the …

Complex-morphology metal-based nanostructures: Fabrication, characterization, and applications

A Gentile, F Ruffino, MG Grimaldi - Nanomaterials, 2016 - mdpi.com
Due to their peculiar qualities, metal-based nanostructures have been extensively used in
applications such as catalysis, electronics, photography, and information storage, among …

Systematical analysis of chemical methods in metal nanoparticles synthesis

AP Reverberi, NT Kuznetsov, VP Meshalkin… - … of Chemical Engineering, 2016 - Springer
We propose a short review paper on the mainly adopted techniques for the production of
metal nanoparticles in industrial and laboratory scale. The methods are grouped according …

Templated dewetting: designing entirely self-organized platforms for photocatalysis

M Altomare, NT Nguyen, P Schmuki - Chemical science, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Formation and dispersion of metal nanoparticles on oxide surfaces in site-specific or even
arrayed configuration are key in various technological processes such as catalysis …

Switchable imbibition in nanoporous gold

Y Xue, J Markmann, H Duan, J Weissmüller… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Spontaneous imbibition enables the elegant propelling of nano-flows because of the
dominance of capillarity at small length scales. The imbibition kinetics are, however, solely …

Dewetting mechanisms and their exploitation for the large-scale fabrication of advanced nanophotonic systems

J Ye, D Zuev, S Makarov - International Materials Reviews, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Recent progress in submicron-and nano-fabrication technologies has led to the emergence
of novel photonic structures such as optical nanoantennas and metasurfaces. Real-life …

Laser Interference Lithography—A Method for the Fabrication of Controlled Periodic Structures

R Liu, L Cao, D Liu, L Wang, S Saeed, Z Wang - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
A microstructure determines macro functionality. A controlled periodic structure gives the
surface specific functions such as controlled structural color, wettability, anti-icing/frosting …

Nanoporous Gold Nanoparticles and Au/Al2O3 Hybrid Nanoparticles with Large Tunability of Plasmonic Properties

W Rao, D Wang, T Kups, E Baradács… - … Applied Materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Nanoporous gold nanoparticles (NPG-NPs) with controlled particle size and pore size are
fabricated via a combination of solid-state dewetting and a subsequent dealloying process …

Preparation, modification, characterization, and biosensing application of nanoporous gold using electrochemical techniques

JK Bhattarai, D Neupane, B Nepal, V Mikhaylov… - Nanomaterials, 2018 - mdpi.com
Nanoporous gold (np-Au), because of its high surface area-to-volume ratio, excellent
conductivity, chemical inertness, physical stability, biocompatibility, easily tunable pores …

A facile periodic porous Au nanoparticle array with high-density and built-in hotspots for SERS analysis

G Liu, K Li, Y Zhang, J Du, S Ghafoor, Y Lu - Applied Surface Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Porous noble metal nanoparticles have attracted great attention in surface enhanced
Raman scattering (SERS) applications due to the presence of high-density and built-in …