Metallic nanostructures with nanogap features are proved to be highly effective building
blocks for plasmonic systems, as they can provide ultrastrong electromagnetic (EM) fields …

Strong field enhancement and confinement in plasmonic nanostructures provide suitable
conditions for nonlinear optics in ultracompact dimensions. Despite these enhancements …

In this report, we demonstrate the confined assembly of polymer-tethered gold nanorods in
anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) channels with the assistance of electric field (EF). Various …

Directed self-assembly of nanoparticles (DSA-n) holds great potential for device
miniaturization in providing patterning resolution and throughput that exceed existing …

Precise control of particles assembly has tremendous potential for fabricating intricate
structures and functional materials. However, it is still a challenge to achieve one …

Cylindrical block copolymer (BCP) micelles could be considered as two-dimensional (2D)
soft confined space for assembly of inorganic nanoparticles (NPs). However, the deformable …

Selective and deterministic assembly of particles is fundamentally significant for
manufacturing functional devices. However, it is still a challenge to precisely and facilely …

Self-assembly of block copolymers (BCPs) provides an attractive nanolithography approach,
which looks especially promising for fabrication of regular structures with characteristic sizes …

Particle assembly and co‐assembly have been research frontiers in chemistry and material
science in the past few decades. To achieve a large variety of intricate structures and …

By comparing the magnitude of forces, a directed self-assembly mechanism has been
suggested1 previously in which immersion capillary is the only driving force responsible for …