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        <journal-title>St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Journal: Physics and Mathematics</journal-title>
        <trans-title-group xml:lang="ru">
          <trans-title>Научно-технические ведомости СПбГПУ. Физико-математические науки</trans-title>
        </trans-title-group>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2304-9782, 2618-8686, 2405-7223</issn>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">17</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18721/JPM.184.117</article-id>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>Methodology for quantitative analysis of interparticle spacings in arrays of nanoparticles on solid-state substrates</article-title>
        <trans-title-group xml:lang="ru">
          <trans-title>Методика количественного анализа межчастичных расстояний в массивах наночастиц на твердотельных подложках</trans-title>
        </trans-title-group>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Grishin</surname>
            <given-names>Timofey</given-names>
          </name>
          <email>grishin.t@outlook.com</email>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Volkova</surname>
            <given-names>Lidiya</given-names>
          </name>
          <email>lidiya.volkova.96@mail.ru</email>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Dudin</surname>
            <given-names>Alexander</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
          <email>dudin.a@inme-ras.ru</email>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Dubkov</surname>
            <given-names>Sergey</given-names>
          </name>
          <email>sv.dubkov@gmail.com</email>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Gromov</surname>
            <given-names>Dmitry</given-names>
          </name>
          <email>gormadima@gmail.com</email>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Gavrilov</surname>
            <given-names>Sergey</given-names>
          </name>
          <email>pcfme@miee.ru</email>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <aff id="aff1">Institute of Nanotechnologies of Microelectronics of the RAS</aff>
      <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-12-31">
        <day>31</day>
        <month>12</month>
        <year>2025</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>18</volume>
      <issue>4.1</issue>
      <fpage>105</fpage>
      <lpage>110</lpage>
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        <p>A methodological approach is presented for quantitative analysis of geometric parameters of nanoparticle arrays, in particular the measurement of interparticle spacings, using a Delaunay triangulation algorithm. The development is motivated by the critical role of interparticle spacings in the formation of “hot spots” in surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). The algorithm for automatic identification of nanoparticle centers in microscopy images and calculation of distances between nearest neighboring particles via Delaunay triangulation is described, along with data filtering criteria and the accounting of boundary effects to improve statistical reliability. The methodology is demonstrated on self-assembled arrays of nanoparticles obtained by thermal annealing of thin Ag films. The advantages of the proposed method and its limitations are discussed. The originality of the approach and its applicability to nanometrology and morphological analysis of nanostructured surfaces are emphasized.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <kwd>nanoparticles</kwd>
        <kwd>interparticle spacings</kwd>
        <kwd>Delaunay triangulation</kwd>
        <kwd>SERS</kwd>
        <kwd>hot spots</kwd>
        <kwd>nanometrology</kwd>
        <kwd>surface morphology</kwd>
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