Noble metal nanoparticles supporting plasmonic resonances behave as efficient
nanosources of light, heat and energetic electrons. Owing to these properties, they offer a …

Metal–air batteries are important power sources for electronics and vehicles because of their
remarkable high theoretical energy density and low cost. In this paper, we introduce the …

Colloidal lithography (CL) is a newly develo** nanofabrication technique and can
produce various nanostructures at low cost and large scale. The CL‐based nanostructures …

Plasmonic nanoparticle catalysts offer improved light absorption and carrier transport
compared to traditional photocatalysts. However, it remains unclear how plasmonic …

Nanoantennas confine electromagnetic fields at visible and infrared wavelengths to volumes
of only a few cubic nanometres. Assessing their near-field distribution offers fundamental …

Noble-metal particles feature intriguing optical properties, which can be utilized to
manipulate them by means of light. Light absorbed by gold nanoparticles, for example, is …

Understanding plasmon-mediated electron emission and energy transfer on the nanometer
length scale is critical to controlling light–matter interactions at nanoscale dimensions. In a …

Here we demonstrate the design, fabrication, and characterization of ultrafast, surface-
plasmon enhanced Au nanorod optical field emitter arrays. We present a quantitative study …

Biosensing based on optical micro-and nanoresonators integrated in a microfluidic
environment is a promising approach to lab-on-a-chip platforms capable of detecting low …

We show that the growth of Ag nanoparticles (NPs) follows the areas of maximum plasmonic
field in nanohole arrays (NAs). We thus obtain Ag NP rings not connected to the metallic rim …