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Light-Controlled Shrinkage of Large-Area Gold Nanoparticle Monolayer Film for Tunable SERS Activity

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Solar Absorber Gel: Localized Macro-Nano Heat Channeling for Efficient Plasmonic Au Nanoflowers Photothermic Vaporization and Triboelectric Generation

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Flexible and Salt Resistant Janus Absorbers by Electrospinning for Stable and Efficient Solar Desalination

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Improved light-harvesting and thermal management for efficient solar-driven water evaporation using 3D photothermal cones

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Nature-Inspired, 3D Origami Solar Steam Generator toward Near Full Utilization of Solar Energy

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Visible-to-NIR Photon Harvesting: Progressive Engineering of Catalysts for Solar-Powered Environmental Purification and Fuel Production

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Chinese Ink: A Powerful Photothermal Material for Solar Steam Generation

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Facile and Scalable Fabrication of Surface-Modified Sponge for Efficient Solar Steam Generation

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Space-Confined Seeded Growth of Black Silver Nanostructures for Solar Steam Generation

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Carbonized Bamboos as Excellent 3D Solar Vapor‐Generation Devices

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A flexible thin-film membrane with broadband Ag@TiO 2 nanoparticle for high-efficiency solar evaporation enhancement

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Facile Fabrication of High-Density Sub-1-nm Gaps from Au Nanoparticle Monolayers as Reproducible SERS Substrates

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Ultrafast Formation of Free-Standing 2D Carbon Nanotube Thin Films through Capillary Force Driving Compression on an Air/Water Interface

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(2016) Lin Zhou et al.   Nature Photonics

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Self-Floating Carbon Nanotube Membrane on Macroporous Silica Substrate for Highly Efficient Solar-Driven Interfacial Water Evaporation

(2016) Yuchao Wang et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Floatable, Self-Cleaning, and Carbon-Black-Based Superhydrophobic Gauze for the Solar Evaporation Enhancement at the Air–Water Interface

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Hydrophobic Light-to-Heat Conversion Membranes with Self-Healing Ability for Interfacial Solar Heating

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Chiral Carbonaceous Nanotubes Modified with Titania Nanocrystals: Plasmon-Free and Recyclable SERS Sensitivity

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Mechanically Self-Assembled, Three-Dimensional Graphene–Gold Hybrid Nanostructures for Advanced Nanoplasmonic Sensors

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(2015) Shikun Sun et al.   Scientific Reports

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Highly Sensitive Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Substrate Made from Superaligned Carbon Nanotubes

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