Thin‐metal‐film‐based transparent conductors: Material preparation, optical design, and device applications

C Zhang, C Ji, YB Park, LJ Guo - Advanced Optical Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Transparent conductors are essential elements in an array of optoelectronic devices. The
most commonly used transparent conductor–indium tin oxide (ITO) suffers from issues …

Nonlinear optics at epsilon near zero: From origins to new materials

D Fomra, A Ball, S Saha, J Wu, M Sojib… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
In the continuously evolving realm of nonlinear optics, epsilon near zero (ENZ) materials
have captured significant scientific interest, becoming a compelling focal point over the past …

Recent advances in ultraviolet nanophotonics: from plasmonics and metamaterials to metasurfaces

D Zhao, Z Lin, W Zhu, HJ Lezec, T Xu, A Agrawal… - …, 2021 - degruyter.com
Nanophotonic devices, composed of metals, dielectrics, or semiconductors, enable precise
and high-spatial-resolution manipulation of electromagnetic waves by leveraging diverse …

d-Band Hole Dynamics in Gold Nanoparticles Measured with Time-Resolved Emission Upconversion Microscopy

SA Lee, CT Kuhs, EK Searles, HO Everitt… - Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The performance of photocatalysts and photovoltaic devices can be enhanced by energetic
charge carriers produced from plasmon decay, and the lifetime of these energetic carriers …

Thickness-dependent drude plasma frequency in transdimensional plasmonic TiN

D Shah, M Yang, Z Kudyshev, X Xu, VM Shalaev… - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Plasmonic transdimensional materials (TDMs), which are atomically thin metals of precisely
controlled thickness, are expected to exhibit large tailorability and dynamic tunability of their …

Epitaxial aluminum surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy substrates for large-scale 2D material characterization

SS Raja, CW Cheng, Y Sang, CA Chen, XQ Zhang… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is an ultrasensitive technique to identify
vibrational fingerprints of trace analytes. However, present SERS techniques suffer from the …

Ultrathin metals on a transparent seed and application to infrared reflectors

D Martinez-Cercos, B Paulillo… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Ultrathin metal films (UTMFs) are widely used in optoelectronic applications, from
transparent conductors to photovoltaic cells, low emissivity windows, and plasmonic …

Non-thermal emission in gap-mode plasmon photoluminescence

R Lemasters, M Manjare, R Freeman, F Wang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Photoluminescence from spatially inhomogeneous plasmonic nanostructures exhibits
fascinating wavelength-dependent nonlinear behaviors due to the intraband recombination …

Centimeter-scale two-dimensional metallenes for high-efficiency electrocatalysis and sensing

B Lin, Y Zhang, H Zhang, H Wu, J Shao… - ACS Materials …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) metals have received considerable attention in recent years because
of their fascinating physical and chemical properties, as well as potential applications in …

Optical Nanoimaging of Surface Plasmon Polaritons Supported by Ultrathin Metal Films

DI Yakubovsky, DV Grudinin, GA Ermolaev… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
The physics of electrons, photons, and their plasmonic interactions change dramatically
when one or more dimensions are reduced to atomic-level thicknesses. For example …