This article reviews recent fabrication methods for surface‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy
(SERS) substrates with a focus on advanced nanoarchitecture based on noble metals with …

Unprecedented advances in metal nanoparticle synthesis have paved the way for broad
applications in sensing, imaging, catalysis, diagnosis, and therapy by tuning the optical …

The controlled synthesis of nanohybrids composed of noble metals (Au, Ag, Pt and Pd, as
well as AuAg alloy) and metal oxides (ZnO, TiO2, Cu2O and CeO2) have received …

Responsive optical nanomaterials that can sense and translate various external stimuli into
optical signals, in the forms of observable changes in appearance and variations in spectral …

DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201404013 agents need to be specifically targeted to tumor sites, which
can minimize not only the laser power density but also the amount of therapeutic agents. In …

A simple and robust route is described to the synthesis of single‐crystal Au nanospheres
with diameters controlled in the range of 5 nm to 150 nm. The success of this synthesis relies …

We report that fully alloyed Ag/Au nanospheres with high compositional homogeneity
ensured by annealing at elevated temperatures show large extinction cross sections …

Plasmonic noble metal nanoparticles have emerged as a promising material in sensitizing
wide-bandgap semiconductors for visible-light photocatalysis. Conventional methods in …

Technologies based on nanomaterials are gaining increased attention as a promising
method for the removal of contaminants and inactivation/killing of pathogenic …

Large-scale production of thiolated Au nanoclusters (NCs) of tunable sizes is pivotal to
realizing their practical applications. Here, we present a simple one-pot synthesis method for …