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Acta Optica Sinica (Online), Volume. 2, Issue 11, 1109001(2025)

Plasmonic Photothermal-Regulated Structure of Nanomaterials (Invited)

Chengyun Zhang^1,2, Shuangkang Ge¹, and Zhenglong Zhang^2、*

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¹School of Electronic Engineering, Xi'an University of Posts & Telecommunications, Xi'an 710121, Shaanxi , China

²School of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, Shaanxi , China

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Category: Micro-Nano Optics

Received: Feb. 14, 2025

Accepted: Mar. 28, 2025

Published Online: Jun. 9, 2025

The Author Email: Zhenglong Zhang (zlzhang@snnu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/AOSOL250442

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