Extreme nanophotonics from ultrathin metallic gaps

JJ Baumberg, J Aizpurua, MH Mikkelsen, DR Smith - Nature materials, 2019‏ - nature.com
Ultrathin dielectric gaps between metals can trap plasmonic optical modes with surprisingly
low loss and with volumes below 1 nm3. We review the origin and subtle properties of these …

Present and future of surface-enhanced Raman scattering

J Langer, D Jimenez de Aberasturi, J Aizpurua… - ACS …, 2019‏ - ACS Publications
The discovery of the enhancement of Raman scattering by molecules adsorbed on
nanostructured metal surfaces is a landmark in the history of spectroscopic and analytical …

Plasmonic phenomena in molecular junctions: principles and applications

M Wang, T Wang, OS Ojambati, TJ Duffin… - Nature Reviews …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Molecular junctions are building blocks for constructing future nanoelectronic devices that
enable the investigation of a broad range of electronic transport properties within nanoscale …

Toward modeling the complexity of the chemical mechanism in SERS

I Chaudhry, G Hu, H Ye, L Jensen - ACS nano, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) provides detailed information about the
binding of molecules at interfaces and their interactions with the local environment due to …

Plasmons in strongly coupled metallic nanostructures

NJ Halas, S Lal, WS Chang, S Link… - Chemical …, 2011‏ - ACS Publications
The vivid optical properties of noble metal nanoparticles have been an object of fascination
since ancient times. The ruby red of stained glass windows arises from gold nanoparticles …

Bridging quantum and classical plasmonics with a quantum-corrected model

R Esteban, AG Borisov, P Nordlander… - Nature …, 2012‏ - nature.com
Electromagnetic coupling between plasmonic resonances in metallic nanoparticles allows
for engineering of the optical response and generation of strong localized near-fields …

Near-field mediated plexcitonic coupling and giant Rabi splitting in individual metallic dimers

AE Schlather, N Large, AS Urban, P Nordlander… - Nano …, 2013‏ - ACS Publications
Strong coupling between resonantly matched localized surface plasmons and molecular
excitons results in the formation of new hybridized energy states called plexcitons …

Quantum mechanical effects in plasmonic structures with subnanometre gaps

W Zhu, R Esteban, AG Borisov, JJ Baumberg… - Nature …, 2016‏ - nature.com
Metallic structures with nanogap features have proven highly effective as building blocks for
plasmonic systems, as they can provide a wide tuning range of operating frequencies and …

Atomic-scale lightning rod effect in plasmonic picocavities: A classical view to a quantum effect

M Urbieta, M Barbry, Y Zhang, P Koval… - ACS …, 2018‏ - ACS Publications
Plasmonic gaps are known to produce nanoscale localization and enhancement of optical
fields, providing small effective mode volumes of about a few hundred nm3. Atomistic …

Atomistic near-field nanoplasmonics: reaching atomic-scale resolution in nanooptics

M Barbry, P Koval, F Marchesin, R Esteban… - Nano …, 2015‏ - ACS Publications
Electromagnetic field localization in nanoantennas is one of the leitmotivs that drives the
development of plasmonics. The near-fields in these plasmonic nanoantennas are …