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Received: 03 Mar 2025 | Revised: 22 Mar 2025 | Accepted: 25 Mar 2025 | Published: 29 Mar 2025

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patchy nanoparticles | plasmonic particles | polymer ligands | surface chemistry | self-assembly

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