Gold nanorods (NRs), pseudo-one-dimensional rod-shaped nanoparticles (NPs), have
become one of the burgeoning materials in the recent years due to their anisotropic shape …

It is possible to modify the chemical and physical properties of molecules, not only through
chemical modifications but also by coupling molecules strongly to light. More intriguingly …

Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) materials, such as
MoS 2, WS 2, MoSe 2, and WSe 2, have received extensive attention in the past decade due …

In recent years, two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals materials have emerged as a focal
point in materials research, drawing increasing attention due to their potential for isolating …

The optical properties of transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers are widely dominated
by excitons, Coulomb-bound electron–hole pairs. These quasi-particles exhibit giant …

Surface plasmonic sensors have been widely used in biology, chemistry, and environment
monitoring. These sensors exhibit extraordinary sensitivity based on surface plasmon …

Abstract 2D monolayers supporting a wide variety of highly confined plasmons, phonon
polaritons, and exciton polaritons can be vertically stacked in van der Waals …

The field of two-dimensional (2D) materials-based nanophotonics has been growing at a
rapid pace, triggered by the ability to design nanophotonic systems with in situ control …

Strong coupling between plasmons in metal nanoparticles and single excitons in molecules
or semiconductor nanomaterials has recently attracted considerable experimental effort for …

A single quantum dot (QD) strongly coupled with a plasmonic nanoparticle yields a
promising qubit for scalable solid-state quantum information processing at room …