Colloidal lithography based on monolayer colloidal crystals (MCCs) is a facile, inexpensive,
efficient, and flexible nanofabrication approaches towards a wide variety of two …

A comprehensive review of theoretical approaches to simulate plasmonic-active metallic
nano-arrangements is given. Further, various fabrication methods based on bottom-up, self …

Single-molecule surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has attracted increasing
interest for chemical and biochemical sensing. Many conventional substrates have a broad …

Tin sensitization prior to electroless plating improves deposition of metals on a variety of
substrates. This review summarizes relevant characteristics of the tin sensitized substrates …

Applications such as biosensing, plasmonics, and nanoelectronics require nanoscale metal
structures with controlled dimensions and placement. However, significant challenges …

Focusing on control and manipulation of plasmons at nanometer dimensions,
nanoplasmonics combines the strength of electronics and photonics, and is predicted to …

Electroless deposition of noble metals on silicon has applications in a wide range of fields
including electronic circuitry, metal plating industry, lithography, and other fabrication …

Precision-controlled fabrication of metallic nanostructures is of great interest in applications
such as sensing, optoelectronics, and high-capacity storage devices. However, the expense …

Electroless metallic coating is referred as the deposition of a substrate material by the
process of chemical or autocatalytic reduction of aqueous metal ions deposited to a …

Regular lattices of metallic nanoparticles exhibit extraordinary spectral features that arise
from electromagnetic coupling between the dipole component of localized surface plasmons …