Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are well-known for their antimicrobial effects and several
groups are proposing them as active agents to fight antimicrobial resistance. A wide variety …

Nanoparticles (NPs) of different types, especially those of metals and metal oxides, are
widely used in research and industry for a variety of applications utilising their unique …

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) detection of analyte molecules at ultra-low
concentrations requires highly-efficient plasmonic nanostructures enabling a high hot-spot …

The possibility of controlled scalable nanostructuring of surfaces by the formation of the
plasmonic nanoparticles is very important for the development of sensors, solar cells, etc. In …

Metal nanoparticles (NPs) possessing localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) are of
high interest for applications in optics, electronics, catalysis, and sensing. The practically …

In this work, we present a comprehensive comparison of time-of-flight secondary ion mass
spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) and scanning transmission electron microscopy combined with …

Traditional anodic strip** voltammetry (ASV) involves electrodeposition (reduction) of
metal ions from solution over some time scale onto a working electrode followed by strip** …

An amorphous carbon film with embedded detonation nanodiamond (DND) particles (aC:
ND) was produced by magnetron sputtering of nanodiamond powder. An Ag film was …

Nanoparticles (NP) of different types, especially metal ones, are of high interest for research
and industry due to a wide spectrum of unique physical and chemical properties. Among …

The performance of functionals based on the idea of interpolating between the weak-and the
strong-interaction limits the global adiabatic-connection integrand is carefully studied for the …