Photo-thermal catalysis has recently emerged as an alternative route to drive chemical
reactions using light as an energy source. Through the synergistic combination of photo-and …

Driven by applications in chemical sensing, biological imaging and material
characterisation, Raman spectroscopies are attracting growing interest from a variety of …

Shape and size play powerful roles in determining the properties of a material; controlling
these aspects with precision is therefore an important, fundamental goal of the chemical …

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 …

In the arena of material sciences, one of the burning topics for research has been
biogenically synthesizing nanoparticles (NPs) from plant derivatives and studying their …

Solar energy is a renewable resource that can supply our energy needs in the long term. A
semiconductor photocatalysis that is capable of utilizing solar energy has appealed to …

MoS 2-based photocatalysts attract wide attention as they possess a suitable band gap for
visible-light harvesting, making it a promising earth-abundant photocatalyst for hydrogen …

Nanoparticles composed of two different metal elements show novel electronic, optical,
catalytic or photocatalytic properties from monometallic nanoparticles. Bimetallic …

Plasmonic photocatalysis has recently facilitated the rapid progress in enhancing
photocatalytic efficiency under visible light irradiation, increasing the prospect of using …

In the past decade, the surface plasmon resonance of Ag and Au nanoparticles has been
investigated to improve the efficiency of photocatalytic processes. The photocatalytic …