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Figure 11. Direct contact formation strategies. (A) Thermal evaporation of Ag nanoparticles decorated ZnO@CuO core-shell nanowires^[185]. Copyright 2023, published by Springer Nature; (B) Sputtering deposition of Au nanoparticles on ZnO nanostructured films^[186]. Copyright 2021, published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (C) Formation of Au nanoparticles via E-beam evaporation followed by thermal dewetting^[187]. Copyright 2022, published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC; (D) SEM image of Au nanodisc arrays fabricated by template-assisted assembly using an anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) ultrathin membrane mask^[188]. Copyright 2020, reproduced with permission. Published by Wiley-VCH; (E) Au@ZnO core-shell nanoparticles prepared via Pulsed Laser Ablation Technique in chloroauric acid solution^[189]. Copyright 2022, reproduced with permission. Published by Elsevier; (F) ZnO/Au heterostructure via photoreduction^[190]. Copyright 2014, published by the American Chemical Society. SEM: Scanning electron microscopy.