Ultra-thin films with low surface roughness that support surface plasmon-polaritons in the
infra-red and visible ranges are needed in order to improve the performance of devices …

Periodic metallic nano/microstructures have received a great a deal of attention in the
photonics research community over the last few decades due to their intriguing optical …

In this work, the properties of novel Cu-Ag alloys reinforced with silver coated copper
particles fabricated by hot pressing were systematically discussed for the first time. The effect …

Untethered microswimmers have been recently proposed as possible candidates for a
wealth of biomedical and environmental applications. In view of their translation from …

Electroless plating is a simple method to manufacture conductive coatings on electrically
insulating substrates such as polymers. In this paper silver electroless plating has been …

We propose a microneedle coated with silver (Ag) to detect analytes at low concentrations
positioned at a depth of more than 700 μm below the surface of a skin phantom with …

Noble-metal-coated carbon-based nanoparticles, when used as electrically conductive
fillers, have the potential to provide excellent conductivity without the high weight and cost …

Dielectric printed and plated waveguide components offer cost and weight benefits over
metal-printed equivalents, with silver plating using Tollens reagents holding significant …

The electroless plating of metals and their alloys, oxides, and chalcogenides represents a
critically important technology for the automotive, aerospace, machine tools, and, especially …

Nanostructured plasmonic sensors are fabricated as sinusoidal surface plasmon metallic
gratings (SPGs) embedded in a functional and porous hybrid sol–gel material, phenyl …