Conspectus In order to mitigate the advancing effects of environmental pollution and climate
change, immediate action is needed on social, political, and industrial fronts. One segment …

Plasmonic photocatalysis uses the light-induced resonant oscillation of free electrons in a
metal nanoparticle to concentrate optical energy for driving chemical reactions. By altering …

Plasmonic photocatalysis is an attractive way to drive and enhance chemical reactions. The
relative importance of thermal and non-thermal effects in driving the reaction is still under …

Photosystem II (PSII) is a multi‐subunit protein‐pigment complex with diverse redox‐active
cofactors, which enabled the biological availability of O2 on Earth. The substrate specificity …

Optically excited plasmonic nanostructures exhibit unique capabilities to catalyze interfacial
chemical transformations of molecules adsorbed on their surfaces in a regioselective …

The optomechanical interaction between nanocavity plasmons and molecular vibrations can
result in interfacial phenomena that can be tailored for sensing and photocatalytic …

Optically excited plasmonic nanostructures may function as molecular scissors with unique
capabilities to cleave specific chemical bonds in molecular adsorbates through either …

Understanding photocatalytic reaction conditions that selectively leads to a desired product
on metal surfaces is a longstanding research problem in heterogeneous catalysis. Here …

Develo** controlled platforms for plasmon-driven chemistry is of great importance in
catalytic reactions at the nanoscale. We report anion radical formation for five bipyridyl …

Plasmonic materials are promising photocatalysts as they are well suited to convert light into
hot carriers and heat. Hot electron transfer is suggested as the driving force in many …