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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: We present a cost-effective self-assembly method to fabricate low-density
    dimer NPs in an NPoM architecture, using the M13 phage as a spacer layer. This
    will enable the development of dynamic plasmonic devices and advanced sensing
    applications.
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Vasanthan
  full_name: Devaraj, Vasanthan
  id: '103814'
  last_name: Devaraj
- first_name: Isaac Azahel
  full_name: Ruiz Alvarado, Isaac Azahel
  id: '79462'
  last_name: Ruiz Alvarado
  orcid: 0000-0002-4710-1170
- first_name: Jong-Min
  full_name: Lee, Jong-Min
  last_name: Lee
- first_name: Jin-Woo
  full_name: Oh, Jin-Woo
  last_name: Oh
- first_name: Uwe
  full_name: Gerstmann, Uwe
  id: '171'
  last_name: Gerstmann
  orcid: 0000-0002-4476-223X
- first_name: Wolf Gero
  full_name: Schmidt, Wolf Gero
  id: '468'
  last_name: Schmidt
  orcid: 0000-0002-2717-5076
- first_name: Thomas
  full_name: Zentgraf, Thomas
  id: '30525'
  last_name: Zentgraf
  orcid: 0000-0002-8662-1101
citation:
  ama: Devaraj V, Ruiz Alvarado IA, Lee J-M, et al. Self-assembly of isolated plasmonic
    dimers with sub-5 nm gaps on a metallic mirror. <i>Nanoscale Horizons</i>. 2025;10:537-548.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1039/d4nh00546e">10.1039/d4nh00546e</a>
  apa: Devaraj, V., Ruiz Alvarado, I. A., Lee, J.-M., Oh, J.-W., Gerstmann, U., Schmidt,
    W. G., &#38; Zentgraf, T. (2025). Self-assembly of isolated plasmonic dimers with
    sub-5 nm gaps on a metallic mirror. <i>Nanoscale Horizons</i>, <i>10</i>, 537–548.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1039/d4nh00546e">https://doi.org/10.1039/d4nh00546e</a>
  bibtex: '@article{Devaraj_Ruiz Alvarado_Lee_Oh_Gerstmann_Schmidt_Zentgraf_2025,
    title={Self-assembly of isolated plasmonic dimers with sub-5 nm gaps on a metallic
    mirror}, volume={10}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1039/d4nh00546e">10.1039/d4nh00546e</a>},
    journal={Nanoscale Horizons}, publisher={Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)}, author={Devaraj,
    Vasanthan and Ruiz Alvarado, Isaac Azahel and Lee, Jong-Min and Oh, Jin-Woo and
    Gerstmann, Uwe and Schmidt, Wolf Gero and Zentgraf, Thomas}, year={2025}, pages={537–548}
    }'
  chicago: 'Devaraj, Vasanthan, Isaac Azahel Ruiz Alvarado, Jong-Min Lee, Jin-Woo
    Oh, Uwe Gerstmann, Wolf Gero Schmidt, and Thomas Zentgraf. “Self-Assembly of Isolated
    Plasmonic Dimers with Sub-5 Nm Gaps on a Metallic Mirror.” <i>Nanoscale Horizons</i>
    10 (2025): 537–48. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1039/d4nh00546e">https://doi.org/10.1039/d4nh00546e</a>.'
  ieee: 'V. Devaraj <i>et al.</i>, “Self-assembly of isolated plasmonic dimers with
    sub-5 nm gaps on a metallic mirror,” <i>Nanoscale Horizons</i>, vol. 10, pp. 537–548,
    2025, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1039/d4nh00546e">10.1039/d4nh00546e</a>.'
  mla: Devaraj, Vasanthan, et al. “Self-Assembly of Isolated Plasmonic Dimers with
    Sub-5 Nm Gaps on a Metallic Mirror.” <i>Nanoscale Horizons</i>, vol. 10, Royal
    Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2025, pp. 537–48, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1039/d4nh00546e">10.1039/d4nh00546e</a>.
  short: V. Devaraj, I.A. Ruiz Alvarado, J.-M. Lee, J.-W. Oh, U. Gerstmann, W.G. Schmidt,
    T. Zentgraf, Nanoscale Horizons 10 (2025) 537–548.
date_created: 2025-02-14T08:13:10Z
date_updated: 2025-07-09T14:04:39Z
department:
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doi: 10.1039/d4nh00546e
intvolume: '        10'
language:
- iso: eng
page: 537-548
project:
- _id: '53'
  grant_number: '231447078'
  name: 'TRR 142: TRR 142 - Maßgeschneiderte nichtlineare Photonik: Von grundlegenden
    Konzepten zu funktionellen Strukturen'
- _id: '168'
  grant_number: '231447078'
  name: 'TRR 142 - B07: TRR 142 - Polaronen-Einfluss auf die optischen Eigenschaften
    von Lithiumniobat (B07*)'
- _id: '55'
  name: 'TRR 142 - B: TRR 142 - Project Area B'
- _id: '445'
  grant_number: '367360193'
  name: Hochleistungsrechner Noctua in Paderborn
- _id: '52'
  name: 'PC2: Computing Resources Provided by the Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing'
publication: Nanoscale Horizons
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 2055-6756
  - 2055-6764
publication_status: published
publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: Self-assembly of isolated plasmonic dimers with sub-5 nm gaps on a metallic
  mirror
type: journal_article
user_id: '16199'
volume: 10
year: '2025'
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