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Single-crystal silver nanoprisms were assembled along their [111] faces onto amine-functionalized glass substrates (see picture, right; scale bar 100 nm). These large-scale assemblies exhibit highly reversible optical changes that can be observed spectroscopically or with the naked eye when repeatedly cycled between dry and wet states (left).
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