Publications
(* implies equal contribution)
2018
- J.X. Li, S. Kamin, G.X. Zheng, F. Neubrech, S. Zhang, and N. Liu
Addressable metasurfaces for dynamic holography and optical information encryption
submitted. - M.J. Urban, S. Both, C. Zhou, A. Kuzyk, K. Lindfors, T. Weiss, and N. Liu
Gold nanocrystal-mediated sliding of doublet DNA origami filaments
Nature Communications 9, 1454 (2018).
News article at MPG 'Mimicking nanoscale natural movements with the help of DNA Origami'. - A. Kuzyk, R. Jungmann, G. Acuna, and N. Liu
DNA origami route for nanophotonics
Cover Article
Invited perspective, ACS Photonics 5, 1151 (2018). - N. Liu and T. Liedl
DNA-assembled advanced plasmonic architectures
Cover Article
Invited review, Chemical Reviews 118, 3032 (2018). - M. Matuschek, D. Singh, H. Jeong, M. Nesterov, T. Weiss, P. Fischer, F. Neubrech, and N. Liu
Chiral plasmonic hydrogen sensors
Cover Article
Small 14, 1702990 (2018).
2017
- X. Lan, Z. M. Su, Y. D. Zhou, T. Meyer, Y. G. Ke, Q. B. Wang, W. Chiu, N. Liu, S. L. Zou, H. Yan, and Y. Liu
Programmable supra-assembly of DNA surface adapter for tunable chiral directional self-assembly of gold nanorods
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 56, 14632 (2017). - C. Zhou, X. Y. Duan, and N. Liu
DNA nanotechnology-enabled chiral plasmonics: from static to dynamic
Cover Article
Invited review, Accounts of Chemical Research 50, 2906 (2017). - Y. Chen*, X. Y. Duan*, M. Matuschek*, Y. Zhou, F. Neubrech, H. G. Duan, N. Liu
Dynamic color displays using stepwise cavity resonators
Nano Letters 17, 5555 (2017). - M. Hentschel, M. Schäferling, X. Y. Duan, H. Giessen, and N. Liu
Chiral plasmonics
Invited review, Science Advances 3, e1602735 (2017). - A. Kuzyk, M. Urban, A. Idili, F. Ricci, and N. Liu
Selective control of reconfigurable chiral plasmonic metamolecules
Science Advances 3, e1602803 (2017).
News article 'Self-assembled nanostructures can be selectively controlled'. - X. Y. Duan, S. Kamin, and N. Liu
Dynamic plasmonic colour display
Nature Communications 8, 14606 (2017).
News article at MPG 'Zaubertinte aus der Nanowelt'.
News article at the EU Research & Innovation Magazine 'Fireworks on a pinhead as electrons enable colours in 100 000 pixels per inch'.
2016
- M. Urban, P. Dutta, P. Wang, X. Y. Duan, X. B. Shen, B. Ding, Y. G. Ke, and N. Liu
Plasmonic toroidal metamolecules assembled by DNA origami
JACS 138, 5495 (2016). - X. Y. Duan, S. Kamin, F. Sterl, H. Giessen, and N. Liu
Hydrogen-regulated chiral nanoplasmonics
Nano Letters 16, 1462 (2016). - A. Kuzyk, Y. Y. Yang, X. Y. Duan, S. Stoll, A. O. Govorov, H. Sugiyama, M. Endo, and N. Liu
A light-driven 3D plasmonic nanosystem that translates molecular motion into reversible chiroptical function
Nature Communications 7, 10591 (2016).
News article at MPG 'Nanoscharnier – mit Licht geschmiert'.
Featured highlight in perspective article ‘Applying plasmonics to a sustainable future’ by Mark Brongersma in Science.
2015
- M. Urban, C. Zhou, X. Y. Duan, and N. Liu
Optically resolving the dynamic walking of a plasmonic walker couple
Nano Letters 15, 8392 (2015). - X. Y. Duan, S. Yue, and N. Liu
Understanding complex chiral plasmonics
Nanoscale 7, 17237 (2015). - C. Zhou, X. Y. Duan, and N. Liu
A plasmonic nanorod that walks on DNA origami
Nature Communications 6, 8102 (2015).
News article at MPG 'Nanotechnologie: Nanoläufer im Laserblick'.
2014
- A. Tittl, M. G. Harats, R. Walter, X. Y. Yin, M. Schäferling, N. Liu, R. Rapaport, and H. Giessen
Quantitative angle-resolved small-spot reflectance measurements on plasmonic perfect absorbers: impedance matching and disorder effects
ACS Nano 8, 10885 (2014). - N. Li, A. Tittl, S. Yue, H. Giessen, C. Song, B. Ding, and N. Liu
DNA-assembled bimetallic plasmonic nanosensors
Nature Light Science and Applications 3, e226 (2014).
Featured highlight in perspective article ‘Nanoplasmonic sensing and detection’ by Mark Stockman in Science. - A. Kuzyk, R. Schreiber, H. Zhang, A. Govorov, T. Liedl, and N. Liu
3D reconfigurable plasmonic metamolecules
Nature Materials 13, 862 (2014).
News and Views by Andrea Di Falco in Nature Materials, ‘Chiral plasmonic nanostructures: Twisted by DNA’.
News article at MPG ‘DNA als Lichtschalter’.
News article in Nanowerk ‘DNA used as a nano-gold lightswitch’. - A. Tittl, H. Giessen, and N. Liu
Plasmonic gas and chemical sensing
Invited review, Nanophotonics 3, 157 (2014).
2013
- X. B. Shen, P. F. Zhan, A. Kuzyk, Q. Liu, A. Asenjo-Garcia, H. Zhang, F. J. García de Abajo, A. Govorov, B. Q. Ding, and N. Liu
3D plasmonic chiral colloids
Nanoscale 6, 2077 (2013).
- X. b. Shen, A. Asenjo-Garcia, Q. Liu, Q. Jiang, J. García de Abajo, N. Liu*, and B. Q. Ding*
3D plasmonic chiral tetramers assembled by DNA origami
Nano Letters 13, 2128 (2013). - A. Tittl, X. Yin, H. Giessen, X. D. Tian, Z. Q. Tian, C. Kremers, D. N. Chigrin, and N. Liu
Plasmonic smart dust for probing local chemical reactions
Nano Letters 13, 1816 (2013).
News article in Chemistry World ‘Plasmonic smart dust conjures kinetics clues’.
News article in Nanowerk ‘Plasmonic smart dust to probe local chemical reactions’. - N. Liu*, F. Wen*, Y. Zhao*, Y. M. Wang, P. Nordlander, N. J. Halas, and A. Alu
Individual nanoantennas loaded with three-dimensional optical nanocircuits
Nano Letters 13, 142 (2013).
Featured highlight ‘Optical nanocircuits’ in Nature Materials 12, 178 (2013).
2012
- F. Wen*, J. Ye*, N. Liu*, P. Nordlander, and N. J. Halas
Plasmonic transmutation: introducing new modes in nanoclusters by adding dielectric nanoparticles
Nano Letters 12, 5020 (2012). - N. Liu, S. Mukherjee, K. Bao, Y. Li, L. Brown, P. Nordlander, and N. J. Halas
Manipulating magnetic plasmon propagation in metallic nanocluster networks
ACS Nano 6, 5482 (2012).
News article in Physicsworld.com ‘Fused molecules guide magnetic plasmons’. - M. Hentschel, M. Schäferling, Th. Weiss, N. Liu, and H. Giessen
Three-dimensional chiral plasmonic oligomers
Nano Letters 12, 2542 (2012). - T. J. Davis, M. Hentschel, N. Liu, and H. Giessen
Analytical model of the three-dimensional plasmonic ruler
ACS Nano 6, 1291 (2012).
Featured highlight ‘How 3D Plasmonic rulers measure up?’ in ACS Nano 6, 990 (2012). - N. Liu and A. Pucci,
Know your molecules
Nature Materials 11, 9 (2012). - X. B. Shen, C. Song, J. Y. Wang, D. W. Shi, Z. G. Wang, N. Liu*, B. Q. Ding*
Rolling up gold nanoparticle-dressed DNA origami into three-dimensional plasmonic chiral nanostructures
JACS 134, 146 (2012). - N. Liu, S. Mukherjee, K. Bao, L. Brown, J. Dorfmüller, P. Nordlander, and N. J. Halas
Magnetic plasmon formation and propagation in artificial aromatic molecules
Nano Letters 12, 364 (2012).
2011
- A. Tittl, P. Mai, R. Taubert, D. Dregely, N. Liu, and H. Giessen
Palladium-based plasmonic perfect absorber in the visible wavelength range and its application to hydrogen sensing
Nano Letters 11, 4366 (2011).
News article in Ars Technica ‘Plasmons on precious metals make for super-sensitive hydrogen leak detector’. - M. L. Tang*, N. Liu*, J. A. Dionne, and A. P. Alivisatos,
Observations of shape-dependent hydrogen uptake trajectories from single nanocrystals
JACS 133, 133220 (2011). - N. Liu, M. Lee Tang, M. Hentschel, H. Giessen, and A. P. Alivisatos
Nanoantenna-enhanced hydrogen gas sensing in a single tailored nanofocus
Nature Materials 10, 631 (2011).
Cover article of Nature Materials.
News article ‘Sensors in the focus’ by Jörg Heber.
News article in nanotechweb.org ‘Nanoantennas target single particles’.
LBL news article ‘Sharpening the Nanofocus: Berkeley Lab Researchers Use Nanoantenna to Enhance Plasmonic Sensing’. - N. Liu, A. P. Alivisatos, M. Hentschel, T. Weiss, and H. Giessen
3D plasmon rulers
Science 332, 1407 (2011).
Perspective article by Carsten Sönnichsen ‘Detecting intruders on the nanoscale’ in Science 332, 1389 (2011).
Featured highlight ‘Plasmon rulers: Measuring in 3D’ in Nature Nanotechnology 332, 1407 (2011)
News article in Photonik ‘Mikroskopische Messung in 3D’.
News article in ChemPhysChem ‘The Plasmonic Ruler Goes 3D!’
LBL news article ‘Taking the 3D Measure of Macromolecules’. - M. Hentschel, D. Dregely, R. Vogelgesang, H. Giessen, and N. Liu
Plasmonic oligomers: the role of individual particles in collective behavior
ACS Nano 5, 2042 (2011).
2010
- M. Hentschel, M. Saliba, H. Giessen, A. P. Alivisatos, and N. Liu
Transition from isolated to collective modes in plasmonic oligomers
Nano Letters 10, 2721 (2010).
News article by Jörg Heber ‘The dark side of photonics’.
News and Views by Mark I. Stockman ‘Dark-hot resonances’ in Nature 467, 541 (2010). - N. Liu, M. Mesch, T. Weiss, M. Hentschel, and H. Giessen
Infrared perfect absorber and its application as plasmonic sensor
Nano Letters 10, 2342 (2010).
- N. Liu
Coupling games in metamaterials
Physik Journal, 09/2010, 57 (2010). - H. Liu, J. X. Cao, S. N. Zhu, N. Liu, R. Ameling, and H. Giessen
Lagrange model for the chiral optical properties of plasmonic stereometamaterials
Phys. Rev. B 81, 241403(R) (2010). - N. Liu and H. Giessen
Coupling effects in optical metamaterials
Invited review, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 49, 9838 (2010).
This paper has been featured in Nature Chemistry 4, 1275 (2012).
2009
- N. Liu, T. Weiss, M. Mesch, L. Langguth, U. Eigenthaler, M. Hirschner, C. Sönnichsen, and H. Giessen
Planar metamaterial analog of electromagnetically induced transparency for plasmonic sensing
Nano Letters 10, 1103 (2009).
Cover article of Nano letters
News article in Technology Review ‘Goldener Durchblick’
This paper is one of the most cited papers in Nano Letters of the last 3 years. - N. Liu, L. Langguth, T. Weiss, J. Kästel, M. Fleischhauer, T. Pfau, and H. Giessen
Plasmonic analogue of electromagnetically induced transparency at the Drude damping limit
Nature Materials 8, 758 (2009).
Cover article of Nature Materials.
News and Views by S. A. Maier ‘Plasmonics: The benefits of darkness’ in Nature Materials 8, 699 (2009).
Featured highlight ‘Plasmonic transparency’ in Nature Physics 5, 532 (2009). - O. Graydon, H. Giessen, and N. Liu
A clever twist
Nature Photonics 3, 176 (2009). - N. Liu, H. Liu, S. Zhu, and H. Giessen
Stereometamaterials
Nature Photonics 3, 157 (2009).
Cover article of Nature Photonics.
News article by Oliver Graydon ‘A clever twist’ in Nature Photonics 3, 176 (2009).
2008
- N. Liu and H. Giessen
Three-dimensional optical metamaterials as model systems for longitudinal and transverse magnetic coupling
Optics Express 16, 21233 (2008). - N. Liu, S. Kaiser, and H. Giessen
Magnetoinductive and Electroinductive Coupling in Plasmonic Metamaterial Molecules
Advanced Materials 20, 4521 (2008).
This article has been highlighted in NanoS 04.08, 19 (Dec. 2008). - N. Liu, L. Fu, S. Kaiser, H. Schweizer, and H. Giessen
Plasmonic building blocks for magnetic molecules in three-dimensional optical metamaterials
Advanced Materials 20, 3859 (2008).
Featured highlight ‘An added dimension’ in Nature Photonics 2, 644 (2008). - N. Liu, H. Guo, L. Fu, S. Kaiser, H. Schweizer, and H. Giessen
Three-dimensional photonic metamaterials at optical frequencies
Nature Materials 7, 31 (2008).
News and Views by G. Shvets ‘Photonics: Metamaterials add an extra dimension’ in Nature Materials 7, 7 (2008).
Hot paper in 2009 selected by Thomson Reuters.
Interview by sciencewatch.com. - H. Guo, T.P. Meyrath, T. Zentgraf, N. Liu, L. Fu, H. Schweizer, and H. Giessen
Optical resonances of bowtie slot antennas and their geometry and material dependence
Optics Express 16, 7756-7766 (2008). - L. Fu, H. Schweizer, H. Guo, N. Liu, and H. Giessen
Synthesis of transmission line models for metamaterial slabs at optical frequencies
Phys. Rev. B 78, 115110 (2008).
2007
- N. Liu, H. Guo, L. Fu, H. Schweizer, S. Kaiser, and H. Giessen
Plasmon hybridization in stacked cut-wire metamaterials
Advanced Materials 19, 3628 (2007). - N. Liu, H. Guo, L. Fu, H. Schweizer, S. Kaiser, and Harald Giessen
Electromagnetic resonances in single and double split-ring resonator metamaterials in the near infrared
Phys. stat. sol. (b) 244, 1251 (2007).
- H. Guo, N. Liu, L. Fu, T. P. Meyrath, T. Zentgraf, H. Schweizer, and H. Giessen
Resonance hybridization in double split-ring resonator metamaterials
Optics Express 15, 12095 (2007). - H. Schweizer, L. Fu, H. Gräbeldinger, H. Guo, N. Liu, S. Kaiser, and H. Giessen,
Negative permeability around 630 nm in nanofabricated meander metamaterials
Phys. stat. sol. (a) 204, 3886 (2007). - H. Schweizer, L. Fu, H. Gräbeldinger, H. Guo, N. Liu, S. Kaiser, and H. Giessen
Longitudinal capacitance design for optical left-handed metamaterials
Phys. stat. sol. (b) 244, 1243 (2007). - H. Guo, N. Liu, L. Fu, H. Schweizer, S. Kaiser, and H. Giessen
Thickness dependence of the optical properties of split-ring resonator metamaterials
Phys. stat. sol. (b) 244, 1256 (2007). - L. Fu, H. Schweizer, H. Guo, N. Liu, and H. Giessen
Analysis of metamaterials using transmission line models
Appl. Phys. B 86, 425 (2007). - C. Rockstuhl, T. Zentgraf, H. Guo, N. Liu, C. Etrich, I. Loa, K. Syassen, J. Kuhl, F. Lederer, and H. Giessen
Resonances of split-ring resonator metamaterials in the near infrared
Appl. Phys. B 84, 219 (2006).