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Metal nanostructures play an increasing role in modern technologies. Being far from the thermodynamic equilibrium they are vulnerable to the influence of external agents. In par‐ ticular, thermal stability of metal nanostructure is an issue in many applications. In this con‐ tribution we are going to discuss one counterintuitive way of stabilization of metal nanostructure, namely, illumination. It is generally agreed that illumination will destroy nanostructure if do not leave it intact. Nevertheless, we found that in some circumstances illumination may lead to tiny restructuring of the nanostructure surface that improves its thermal stability. This restructuring is not readily observable after illumination but lead to a pronounce effect after annealing. Illuminated nanostructures acquire immunity to the heat‐ ing and change their structure much more slowly than the nanostructures that were not illu‐ minated in advance. Moreover, the final state of the illuminated nanostructures after annealing differs considerable from that of unilluminated one being much more similar to its initial state. Taking into account close connection between the structure and the optical properties of the plasmonic metal nanostructures it is not surprising that after annealing il‐ luminated and non-illuminated regions may be differentiated by eye.

Mass Transfer Over the Surface of Metal Nanostructures Initiated and Stopped by Illumination