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

The field of nanocatalysis (in which nanoparticles are used to catalyze reactions) has
undergone an exponential growth during the past decade. Two types of studies have been …

Driven by the search for new materials with interesting and unique properties and also by
the fundamental question of how atomic and molecular physical behaviour develops with …

▪ Abstract Noble metal particles have long fascinated scientists because of their intense
color, which led to their application in stained glass windows as early as the Middle Ages …

Metallic nanostructures now play an important role in many applications. In particular, for the
emerging fields of plasmonics and nanophotonics, the ability to engineer metals on …

The femtosecond optical response of noble metal nanoparticles and its connection to the
ultrafast electron dynamics are discussed in light of the results of high-sensitivity …

Developments of optical detection and spectroscopy methods for single nano-objects are
key advances for applications and fundamental understanding of the novel properties …

The rate of energy dissipation from Au nanoparticles to their surroundings has been
examined by pump− probe spectroscopy. These experiments were performed for particles …

Recent advances in nonlinear optics, hot electrons for renewable energy (eg, solar cells and
water‐splitting), acousto‐optics, nanometalworking, nanorobotics, steam generation, and …

The wide variety of applications of metal nanoparticles has motivated many studies of their
properties. Some important practical issues are how the size, composition and structure of …