Publications

Journal articles, cover images and invited talks

2026

131. R. F. Wu, J. J. Teng, Y. Liang, X. Liu, Q. Ouyang, H. Yan, N. Liu, L. Qian, C. Zhang
           Parallel DNA Data Storage using Epigenetic Bits
        Submitted.

  1. B. Renz and N. Liu
    Artificial skin mimics the octopus’s art of disguise
    Nature 649, 297 (2026).
    *News&Views
  2. A. Peil, X. X. Jing, and N. Liu
    Von der Sequenz zur Struktur – DNA Moiré Supergitter
    *Physik in unserer Zeit, in press.
  3. S. S. Fan, L. J. Ding, B. Renz, A. P. Liu, T. Speck, H. Yan, S. Nussberger, and N. Liu
    A synthetic cell microreactor with two types of interacting dynamic DNA-based pores
    Submitted.
  4. X. X. Jing, and N. Liu
    Engineered DNA moiré superlattices via origami seeding
    Submitted.
  5. L. J. Ding, S. S. Fan, and N. Liu
    Morphology-coupled large gated channel formation in synthetic cells using reconfigurable DNA nanorafts
    Nature Protocols, accepted

2025

  1. X. Y. Huang and N. Liu
    Taming photons on a chip
    Nature Photonics 19, 909 (2025).
    *News&Views
  2. X. Jing, N. Kroneberg, A. Peil, B. Renz, L. J. Ding, T. Heil, K. Hipp, P. van Aken, H. Yan, and N. Liu
    DNA moiré superlattices
    Nature Nanotechnology 20, 1464 (2025).
    *Press release at University of Stuttgart: Expanding the Material Design Space at the Nanoscale
    *News&Views by M. Ladabaum and G. Tikhomirov: Growing moiré with DNA
  3. H. Liu, N. Liu*, and H. Yan*
    Programming Precise Nanoparticle Patterns
    Nature Materials 24, 1166 (2025).
    *News&Views
  4. N. Liu
    An interview with Naomi J. Halas
    ACS Photonics 12, 4757 (2025).
    *Editorial
  5. W. L. Cheng*, C. H. Fan*, N. Liu*, C. D. Mao*, Y. H. Roh*, and S. Wickham*
    Introduction to the DNA nanotechnology themed collection
    Nanoscale Horizons, in press (2025).
    *Editorial
  6. K. T. Chen, S. S. Fan, N. Liu, J. Song, L. Q. Pan
    Hierarchical access to encoded data on DNA nanostructures using administrator and user keys
    Nucleic Acids Research 53, gkaf835 (2025).
  7. X. N. Ou, Y. Q. Hu*, D. Yu, S. L. Liu, S. Z. Lou, Z. W. Shu, W. Z. Wei, M. Liu, J. X. Li, T. H. Chang, N. Liu*, and H. G. Duan*
    Meta-optics redefines microdisplay: monolithic color LCoS  without polarization dependency
    Nature Communications 16, 10925 (2025).
  8. Q. Dong, X. Xu, R. C. Guan, S. X. Jiang, L. Ma, H. T. Hu, Y. G. Ke, N. Liu, and X. Lan
    Two-dimensional, Chiral Colloidal Superlattices Engineered with DNA Origami
    Nano Letters 25, 5705 (2025).
  9. L. J. Ding, B. Liu, A. Peil, S. S. Fan, J. Chao, and N. Liu
    DNA‑directed assembly of photonic nanomaterials for diagnostic and therapeutic applications
    Advanced Materials 37, 2500086 (2025).
    *Invited Review
  10. S. Fan, S. Wang, L.J. Ding, T. Speck, H. Yan, S. Nussberger, and N. Liu
    Morphology remodeling and membrane channel formation in synthetic cells via reconfigurable DNA nanorafts
    Nature Materials 24, 278 (2025).
    *Press release: New tool for synthetic biology
    *News by Scienmag: Revolutionary New Tool Enhances Capabilities in Synthetic Biology
    *Article at LABOR JOURNAL: Faltanleitung für Membrankanäle
    *Article at Lab Manager: DNA Nanorobots Can Alter Artificial Cells
  11. Y. Huang, R. Kaissner, B. Renz, J. Börner, X. N. Ou, F. Neubrech, Y. P. Zhang, Y. Q. Hu, and N. Liu
    Organic metasurfaces with contrasting conducting polymers
    Nano Letters 25, 890 (2025).
  12. X. X. Jing, N. Liu, and other 70 co-authors
    Nanofabrication for nanophotonics
    ACS Nano 19, 12491 (2025).
    *Mega Review

2024

  1. P. F. Zhan, J. J. Yang, L. J. Ding, X. X. Jing, K. Hipp, S. Nussberger, H. Yan, and N. Liu
    3D DNA origami pincers that multitask on giant unilamellar vesicles
    Science Advances 10, eadn8903 (2024).
  2. L. J. Ding and N. Liu
    Rolling on the chip: SARS-CoV-2 detection by DNA motors
    ACS Central Science 10, 1311 (2024).
    *First Reactions
  3. R. Kaissner, B. Renz, F. Neubrech, Y. Q. Hu, and N. Liu
    An electrochemically programmable metasurface with independently controlled metasurface pixels at optical frequencies
    Nano Letters 24, 9961 (2024).
  4. S. Yang, Y. Fan, J. H. Liang, R. F. Cao, B. B. Zhang, J. H. Li, Z. J. Li, S. S. He, N. Liu, J. Z. Du, and Y. Hu
    Polyaptamer-driven crystallization of alendronate for synergistic osteoporosis treatment through osteoclastic inhibition and osteogenic promotion
    ACS Nano 18, 22431 (2024).
  5. C. Guan, Z. W. Hu, Q. Wang, H. C. Li, M. Khan, H. T. Hu, W. Chen, N. Liu, and X. Lan
    Dual-interface-mediated tunable self-assembly of 2D periodic nanostructures and DNA-driven reconstructions
    ACS Photonics 11, 3351 (2024).
  6. H. Wang, and C. Yu
    Light People: Professor Laura Na Liu
    Light: Science & Applications 13, 26 (2024).
  7. J. Li, X. X. Li, X. Y. Huang, R. Kaissner, F. Neubrech, S. Sun, and N. Liu
    High space-bandwidth-product hologram carriers towards photorealistic 3D holography
    Laser & Photonics Reviews 18, 2301173 (2024).
    *Invited Review
  8. C. Zhang, R. F. Wu, F. J. Sun, Y. S. Lin, Y. Z. Zhang, Y. Liang, Y. M. Chen, N. Liu, Q. Ouyang, L. Qian, and H. Yan
    Parallel DNA storage by programming and printing epigenetic bits
    Nature 634, 824–832 (2024).
  9. Y. Luo, F. Neubrech, A. M-Jimenez, N. Liu, K. Kern, and M. Garg
    Real-time tracking of coherent oscillations of electrons in a nanodevice by photo-assisted tunnelling
    Nature Communications 15, 1316 (2024).
  10. K. B. Zeng, C. C. Wu, X. D. Guo, F. X. Guan, Y. Duan, L. L. Zhang, X. X. Yang*, N. Liu*, Q. Dai*, and S. Zhang*
    Synthesized complex-frequency excitation for ultrasensitive molecular sensing
    eLight 4, 1 (2024).
    *Cover Article

2023

  1. Y. D. Huang, and N. Liu
    Special issue on Photonics in China
    ACS Photonics 10, 1999 (2023).
    *Editorial
  2. Yang, K. Ou, H. Y. Wan, Y. Q. Hu, Z. Y. Wei, H. H. Jia, X. B. Cheng, N. Liu, and H. G. Duan
    Metasurface-empowered photon cryptography
    Materials Today 67, 424 (2023).
  3. Y. Luo, A. Martín-Jiménez, F. Neubrech, N. Liu, M. Garg
    Synthesis and direct sampling of single-cycle light-transients by electron tunneling in a nanodevice
    ACS Photonics 10, 2866 (2023).
  4. J. Yang, K. Jahnke, L. Xin, A. Griffo, P. F. Zhan, A. Peil, M. Skugor, X. X. Jing, D. L. Yang, S. S. Fan, K. Göpfrich, H. Yan, P. F. Wang, and N. Liu
    Modulating Lipid membrane morphology by dynamic DNA origami networks
    Nano Letters 23, 6330 (2023).
  5. P. F. Zhan, A. Peil, Q. Jiang, D. F. Wang, S. Mousavi, Q. C. Xiong, Q. Shen, Y. X. Shang, B. Q. Ding, C. X. Lin, Y. G. Ke, N. Liu
    Recent advances in DNA origami-engineered nanomaterials and applications
    Chemical Reviews 123, 3976 (2023).
    *Invited Review
  6. A. Peil, P. F. Zhan, X. Y. Duan, R. Krahne, D. Garoli, L. M. Liz-Marzán, N. Liu
    Transformable plasmonic helix with swinging gold nanoparticles
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 62, e202213992 (2023).
    *Cover Article

2022

  1. A. Doricchi, C. Platnich, A. Gimpel, F. Horn, M. Earle, G. Lanzavecchia, A. Cortajarena, L. Liz-Marzán, N. Liu, R. Heckel, R. Grass, R. Krahne, U. Keyser, D. Garoli
    Emerging approaches to DNA data storage: Challenges and prospects
    ACS Nano 16, 17552 (2022).
  2. Z. Y. Tang* and N. Liu*
    Upsurge in the construction of chiral nanomaterials
    Chemical Science 13, 593 (2022).
  3. Y. Q Hu, X. H. Luo, X. N. Ou, X. Li, J. J. Lai, N. Liu, X. B. Cheng, A. L. Pan, and H. G. Duan
    Metasurface-Enabled On-Chip Multiplexed Diffractive Neural Networks in the Visible
    Light: Science & Applications 11, 158 (2022).
  4. P. F. Zhan, K. Jahnke, N. Liu*, K. Göpfrich*
    Functional DNA-based cytoskeletons for synthetic cells
    Nature Chemistry 14, 958 (2022).
    *Research highlight in Nature 606, 842 (2022), DNA ‘skeleton’ could make a shapely synthetic cell
    *Press release at University of Stuttgart, Another step towards synthetic cells
    *News in ELVEFLOW, Designing DNA-based cytoskeletons for synthetic cells
    *News in BIOPRO BW, Artificial cytoskeleton made of DNA for synthetic cells
  5. Peil, L. Xin, S. Both, L. Shen, Y. G. Ke, T. Weiss, P. F. Zhan, and N. Liu
    DNA assembly of modular components into a rotary nanodevice
    ACS Nano 16, 5284 (2022).
  6. K. Jahnke, V. Huth, U. Mersdorf, N. Liu, and K. Göpfrich
    Bottom-up assembly of synthetic cells with a DNA cytoskeleton
    ACS Nano 16, 7233 (2022).
  7. Y. Chen, W. Du, Q. Zhang, O. Avalos-Ovando, J. Wu, Q. H. Xu, N. Liu, H. Okamoto, A. O. Govorov, Q. Xiong, and C. W. Qiu
    Multidimensional nanoscopic chiroptics
    Nature Reviews Physics 4, 113 (2022).
    *Invited Perspective

2021

  1. Y. Liu, L. Ma, S. Jiang, C. Han, P. Tang, H. Yang, X. Y. Duan, N. Liu*, H. Yan*, and X. Lan*
    DNA programmable self-assembly of planar, thin-layered chiral nanoparticle superstructures with complex two-dimensional patterns
    ACS Nano 15, 16664 (2021).
  2. P. Yu, J. X. Li, and N. Liu
    Electrically-tunable optical metasurfaces for dynamic polarization conversion
    Nano Letters 21, 6690 (2021).
  3. L. Xin, X. Y. Duan, and N. Liu
    Dimerization and oligomerization of DNA-assembled building blocks for controlled multi-motion in high-order architectures
    Nature Communications 12, 3207 (2021).
  4. R. Kaissner, J. X. Li, W. Z. Lu, X. Li, F. Neubrech, J. F. Wang, and N. Liu
    Electrochemically-controlled metasurfaces with high-contrast switching at visible frequencies
    Science Advances 7, eabd9450 (2021).
  5. J. A. Kammerer, X. Duan, F. Neubrech, R. R. Schröder, N. Liu*, and M. Pfannmöller*
    Stabilizing γ-MgH2 at nanotwins in mechanically constrained nanoparticles
    Advanced Materials 33, 2008259 (2021).
  6. S. Dey, C. H. Fan*, K. V. Gothelf*, J. Li, C. X. Lin*, L. F. Liu, N. Liu*, M. Nijenhuis, B. Sacca, F. C. Simmel*, H. Yan*, and P. F. Zhan (authors are listed in alphabet order)
    DNA origami
    Nature Reviews Methods Primer 1, 13 (2021).
    *Invited review

2020

  1. N. Liu
    DNA nanotechnology meets nanophotonics
    Nano Letters 20, 8430-8431 (2020).
    *Viewpoint
  2. J. X. Li, P. Yu, S. Zhang, and N. Liu
    A reusable metasurface template
    Nano Letters 20, 6845-6851 (2020).
  3. X. Y. Duan, S. T. White, Y. Y. Cui, F. Neubrech, Y. F. Gao, R. F. Haglund, and N. Liu
    Reconfigurable multi-state optical systems enabled by VO2 phase transitions
    ACS Photonics 7, 2958-2965 (2020).
    *Cover Article
  4. J. X. Li, P. Yu, S. Zhang, and N. Liu
    Electrically-controlled digital metasurface device for light projection displays
    Nature Communications 11, 3574 (2020).
  5. F. Neubrech, X. Y. Duan, and N. Liu
    Dynamic plasmonic color generation enabled by functional materials
    Science Advances 6, eabc2709 (2020).
  6. C. Y. Zhou, Y. J. Yang, H. F. Li, F. Gao, C. Y. Song, D. L. Yang, F. Xu, N. Liu, Y. G. Ke, and P. F. Wang
    Programming surface-enhanced Raman Scattering of DNA origami-templated metamolecules
    Nano Letters 20, 3155 (2020).
  7. J. X. Li, Y. Q. Chen, Y. Q. Hu, H. G. Duan, and N. Liu
    Magnesium-based metasurfaces for dual-function switching between dynamic holography and dynamic color display
    ACS Nano 14, 7892–7898 (2020).
  8. K. Göpfrich, M. Urban, C. Frey, L. Platman, J. Spatz, and N. Liu
    Dynamic actuation of DNA-assembled plasmonic nanostructures in microfluidic cell-sized compartments
    Nano Letters 20, 1571 (2020).
  9. F. Neubrech, M. Hentschel, and N. Liu
    Reconfigurable plasmonic chirality: fundamentals and applications
    Advanced Materials 32, 1905640 (2020).
    *Invited review
  10. A. Peil, P. F. Zhan, and N. Liu
    DNA origami catenanes templated by gold nanoparticles
    Small 16, 1905987 (2020).
    *Cover Article

2019

  1. W. Fang, S. Jia, J. Chao, L. Wang, X. Y. Duan, H. Liu, Q. Li, X. Zuo, L. Wang, N. Liu, and C. H. Fan
    Quantizing single-molecule surface-enhanced Raman scattering with DNA origami metamolecules
    Science Advances 5, eaau4506 (2019).
  2. P. F. Zhan, S. Both, T. Weiss, and N. Liu
    DNA-assembled multilayer sliding nanosystems
    Nano Letters 19, 6385 (2019).
  3. L. Xin, C. Zhou, X. Y. Duan, and N. Liu
    A rotary plasmonic nanoclock
    Nature Communications 10, 5394 (2019).
    *Top 50 Physics Articles in Nature Communications in 2019
  4. Y. Q. Hu, X. H. Luo, Y. Q. Chen, Q. Liu, X. Li, Y. S. Wang, N. Liu, and H. G. Duan
    3D-integrated metasurfaces for full-color holography
    Light: Science & Applications 8, 86 (2019).
  5. P. F. Zhan, M. J. Urban, S. Both, X. Y. Duan, A. Kuzyk, T. Weiss, and N. Liu
    DNA-assembled nanoarchitectures with multiple components in regulated and coordinated motion
    Science Advances 5, eaax6023 (2019).
  6. P. Yu, J. X. Li, X. Li, G. Schütz, M. Hirscher, S. Zhang, and N. Liu
    Generation of switchable singular beams with dynamic metasurfaces
    ACS Nano 13, 7100 (2019).
  7. X. Y. Duan and N. Liu
    Magnesium for dynamic nanoplasmonics
    Accounts of Chemical Research 52, 1979 (2019).
    *Invited review
  8. N. Liu
    DNA nanotechnology for building artificial dynamic systems
    MRS Bulletin 44, 576 (2019).
    *Invited perspective
  9. M. Urban, C. Shen, X. Kong, C. Zhu, A. O. Govorov, Q. B. Wang, M. Hentschel, and N. Liu
    Chiral plasmonic nanostructures enabled by bottom-up approaches
    Annual Review of Physical Chemistry 70, 275 (2019).
    *Invited review
  10. L. Xin, M. Lu, S. Both, M. Pfeiffer, M. J. Urban, C. Zhou, H. Yan, T. Weiss, N. Liu*, and K. Lindfors*
    Watching a single fluorophore molecule walk into a plasmonic hotspot
    ACS Photonics 6, 985 (2019).
    *ACS Editor's Choice

2018

  1. C. Zhou, L. Xin, X. Y. Duan, M. Urban, and N. Liu
    A dynamic plasmonic system that responds to thermal and aptamer-target regulations
    Nano Letters 18, 7395 (2018).
  2. X. Y. Duan and N. Liu
    Scanning plasmonic color display
    ACS Nano 12, 8817 (2018).
  3. X. Y. Duan, R. Griessen, R. J. Wijngaarden, S. Kamin, and N. Liu
    Self-recording and manipulation of fast long-range hydrogen diffusion in quasi-free magnesium
    Physical Review Materials 2, 085802 (2018).
  4. P. Yu, J. X. Li, S. Zhang, Z. W. Jin, G. Schütz, C. W. Qiu, M. Hirscher, and N. Liu
    Dynamic Janus metasurfaces in the visible spectral region
    Nano Letters 18, 4584 (2018).
  5. J. X. Li, S. Kamin, G. X. Zheng, F. Neubrech, S. Zhang, and N. Liu
    Addressable metasurfaces for dynamic holography and optical information encryption
    Science Advances 4, eaar6768 (2018).
  6. A. Kuzyk, R. Jungmann, G. Acuna, and N. Liu
    DNA origami route for nanophotonics
    *Cover article
    *Invited perspective
    ACS Photonics 5, 1151 (2018).
  7. 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).
  8. N. Liu and T. Liedl
    DNA-assembled advanced plasmonic architectures
    *Cover article
    *Invited review
    Chemical Reviews 118, 3032 (2018).
  9. 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

  1. 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).
  2. C. Zhou, X. Y. Duan, and N. Liu
    DNA nanotechnology-enabled chiral plasmonics: from static to dynamic
    Accounts of Chemical Research 50, 2906 (2017).
    *Invited review
    *Cover article
    *News article at HEISE: Physiker Basteln Nano-Systeme aus DNA
  3. Y. Chen, X. Duan, M. Matuschek, Y. Zhou, F. Neubrech, H. Duan, and N. Liu
    Dynamic Color Displays Using Stepwise Cavity Resonators
    Nano Letters 17, 5555 (2017).
  4. M. Hentschel, M. Schäferling, X. Y. Duan, H. Giessen, and N. Liu
    Chiral plasmonics
    Science Advances 3, e1602735 (2017).
    *Invited review
  5. 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 at Aalto University: "Self-assembled nanostructures can be selectively controlled"
  6. X. Y. Duan, S. Kamin, and N. Liu
    Dynamic plasmonic colour display
    Nature Communications 8, 14606 (2017).
    *News article at MPG: "Magic ink from the nanoworld"
    *News article at EU Research & Innovation Magazine: 'Fireworks on a pinhead as electrons enable colours in 100 000 pixels per inch'

2016

  1. 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).
  2. X. Y. Duan, S. Kamin, F. Sterl, H. Giessen, and N. Liu
    Hydrogen-regulated chiral nanoplasmonics
    Nano Lett. 16, 1462 (2016).
  3. 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
    Nat. Commun. 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

  1. M. Urban, C. Zhou, X. Y. Duan, and N. Liu
    Optically resolving the dynamic walking of a plasmonic walker couple
    Nano Lett. 15, 8392 (2015).
  2. X. Y. Duan, S. Yue, and N. Liu
    Understanding complex chiral plasmonics
    Nanoscale 7, 17237 (2015).
  3. 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

  1. 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).
  2. 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
  3. 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'.
  4. A. Tittl, H. Giessen, and N. Liu
    Plasmonic gas and chemical sensing
    Nanophotonics 3, 157 (2014).
    *Invited review

2013

  1. 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).
  2. 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 Lett. 13, 2128 (2013).
  3. 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 Lett. 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’.
  4. 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 Lett. 13, 142 (2013).
    *Featured highlight ‘Optical nanocircuits’ in Nature Materials 12, 178 (2013).

2012

  1. F. Wen*, J. Ye*, N. Liu*, P. Nordlander, and N. J. Halas
    Plasmonic transmutation: introducing new modes in nanoclusters by adding dielectric nanoparticles
    Nano Lett. 12, 5020 (2012).
  2. 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’.
  3. M. Hentschel, M. Schäferling, Th. Weiss, N. Liu, and H. Giessen
    Three-dimensional chiral plasmonic oligomers
    Nano Lett. 12, 2542 (2012).
  4. 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).
  5. N. Liu and A. Pucci
    Know your molecules
    Nature Materials 11, 9 (2012).
  6. 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).
  7. 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 Lett. 12, 364 (2012).

2011

  1. 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 Lett. 11, 4366 (2011).
    *News article in Ars Technica Plasmons on precious metals make for super-sensitive hydrogen leak detector .
  2. 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).
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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

  1. M. Hentschel, M. Saliba, H. Giessen, A. P. Alivisatos, and N. Liu
    Transition from isolated to collective modes in plasmonic oligomers
    Nano Lett. 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).
  2. N. Liu, M. Mesch, T. Weiss, M. Hentschel, and H. Giessen
    Infrared perfect absorber and its application as plasmonic sensor
    Nano Lett. 10, 2342 (2010) .
  3. N. Liu
    Coupling games in metamaterials
    Physik Journal, 09/2010, 57 (2010) .
  4. 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) .
  5. 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

  1. O. Graydon, H. Giessen, and N. Liu
    A clever twist
    Nature Photonics 3, 176 (2009) .
  2. 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 Lett.  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.
  3. 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) .
  4. 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

  1. N. Liu and H. Giessen
    Three-dimensional optical metamaterials as model systems for longitudinal and transverse magnetic coupling
    Optics Express 16, 21233 (2008) .
  2. 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) .
  3. 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) .
  4. 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.
  5. 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
    Opt. Express 16, 7756-7766 (2008) .
  6. 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

  1. 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) .
  2. N. Liu, H. Guo, L. Fu, H. Schweizer, S. Kaiser, and H. Giessen
    Electromagnetic resonances in single and double split-ring resonator metamaterials in the near infrared
    Phys. Status Solidi (b) 244, 1251 (2007) .
  3. H. Guo, N. Liu, L. Fu, T. P. Meyrath, T. Zentgraf, H. Schweizer, and H. Giessen
    Resonance hybridization in double split-ring resonator metamaterials
    Opt. Express 15, 12095 (2007) .
  4. 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. Status Solidi (a) 204, 3886 (2007) .
  5. H. Schweizer, L. Fu, H. Gräbeldinger, H. Guo, N. Liu, S. Kaiser, and H. Giessen
    Longitudinal capacitance design for optical left-handed metamaterials
    Phys. Status Solidi (b) 244, 1243 (2007) .
  6. 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. Status Solidi (b) 244, 1256 (2007) .
  7. L. Fu, H. Schweizer, H. Guo, N. Liu, and H. Giessen
    Analysis of metamaterials using transmission line models
    Appl. Phys. B 86, 425 (2007) .
  8. C. Rockstuhl, T. Zentgraf, H. Guo, N. Liu, C. Etrich, I. Loa, K. Syassen, J. Kuhl, F. Lederer, und H. Giessen
    Resonances of split-ring resonator metamaterials in the near infrared
    Appl. Phys. B 84, 219 (2006) .
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