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ArticleSmall (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2026

Virtual Overlay Staining With Plasmonic Oligomer Metasurface.

Doeun Kim, Juhwan Kim, Jiyeong Ma, Gyurin Kim, JuHyeong Lee, So Young Yoon, Youngsoo Jun, Young Min Song, Hyeon-Ho Jeong

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Article in Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Covert Optical Fingerprints Within Overt Structural Colors via Cascaded Cavity Resonances.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Doeun KimDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Juhwan KimDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Jiyeong MaDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Gyurin KimDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
JuHyeong LeeDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
So Young YoonDepartment of Life Sciences, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Youngsoo JunDepartment of Life Sciences, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Young Min SongSchool of Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Hyeon-Ho JeongDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7029-9592

Funding

GIST-CNUH research CollaborationInnoCORE program of the Ministry of Science and ICT GIST InnoCORE KH0860National Research Foundation of Korea RS-2024-00352033National Research Foundation of Korea RS-2026-25493074
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We here present a label-free virtual staining technique using plasmonic oligomer metasurfaces fabricated through a scalable, lithography-free method. This approach enables morphological analysis of cells with enhanced colorful contrast based on refractive index differences between the cells and their surrounding medium. Unlike conventional methods that rely on molecular dyes and regularly patterned plasmonic structures, our technique employs electrostatic nanoparticle assembly to rapidly create oligomeric plasmonic arrays across an entire wafer. These oligomers provide far-reaching optical near-field enhancement, exceeding 30 nm, approximately 10 times greater than that provided by monomeric nanoparticles, allowing for the visualization of cellular components located above the cellular membrane. This advancement not only simplifies the imaging process but also opens new avenues for label-free cellular imaging, offering significant potential for broader applications in biological imaging and diagnostics.

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bio‐imagingmetasurfaceplasmonicsself‐assemblyvisualization

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PMID42177825
PMCPMC13392731

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