Detection of nanoscale objects is highly desirable in various fields such as early‐stage
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The application of gas discharge plasmas has assumed an important place in many
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Gas sensors fabricated with nanowires as the detecting elements are powerful due to their
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Mammalian photoreceptors aggregate numerous mitochondria, organelles chiefly for energy
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Optical fibre nanowires and microwires offer a variety of enabling properties, including large
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With diameter close to or below the wavelength of guided light and high index contrast
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Micro-/nanofibers (MNFs) are optical fibers with diameters close to or below the wavelength
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Micro/nanofibres (MNFs) are optical fibres with diameters close to or below the vacuum
wavelength of visible or near-infrared light. Due to its wavelength-or sub-wavelength scale …