The vivid optical properties of noble metal nanoparticles have been an object of fascination
since ancient times. The ruby red of stained glass windows arises from gold nanoparticles …

The past several decades have seen tremendous advances in metal nanoparticle research.
This field involves workers from many different areas, including materials scientists …

Nanowires supporting propagating surface plasmons can function as nanowaveguides to
realize the light guiding with field confinement beyond the diffraction limit, providing …

Surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) are electromagnetic (EM) modes propagating along
metal–dielectric interfaces, in which surface collective excitations of free electrons in the …

This consistent and systematic review of recent advances in optical antenna theory and
practice brings together leading experts in the fields of electrical engineering, nano-optics …

The wide application of optical spectroscopy makes miniaturized spectrometers with
fundamental importance. The scalability, high-performance, low-cost, and small footprint are …

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Plasmonic waveguides made of metal nanowires (NWs) possess significant potential for
applications in integrated photonic and electronic devices. Energy loss induced by bending …

Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) excited by an incident light can normally
produce strong surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) at the nanogaps among …

Nanowires are one-dimensional (1D) nanostructures with comparatively large aspect ratios,
which can be useful in manipulating electrons, photons, plasmons, phonons, and atoms for …