Silver Dominance, gold Balance, and TiN robustness: engineering nano cube monomers and dimers for tunable LSPR and field enhancement
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OpenAlex topics: Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research · Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications · Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
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