Anisotropic gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have attracted the interest of scientists for over a
century, but research in this field has considerably accelerated since 2000 with the synthesis …

Noble metal nanoparticle-based localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) is an
advanced and powerful label-free biosensing technique which is well-known for its high …

Noble metal nanoparticles are capable of confining resonant photons in such a manner as
to induce coherent surface plasmon oscillation of their conduction band electrons, a …

Surface plasmons (SPs) are coherent oscillations of conduction electrons on a metal surface
excited by electromagnetic radiation at a metal-dielectric interface. The growing field of …

Raman spectroscopy is a valuable tool in various research fields. The technique yields
structural information from all kind of samples often without the need for extensive sample …

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is a powerful analytical tool for chemical and
biological sensing applications. However, one feature which has limited its use in …

The development of quantitative, highly sensitive surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
(SERS) substrates requires control over size, shape, and position of metal nanoparticles …

In this article we show that linear nanoantennas can be used as shared substrates for
surface-enhanced Raman and infrared spectroscopy (SERS and SEIRS, respectively). This …

Molecular biology applications based on gold nanotechnology have revolutionary impacts,
especially in diagnosing and treating molecular and cellular levels. The combination of …

For the purpose of using plasmonics in an integrated scheme where single emitters can be
probed efficiently, we experimentally and theoretically study the scattering properties of …