In the past 20 years, we have reached a broad understanding of many light-driven
phenomena in nanoscale systems. The temporal dynamics of the excited states are instead …

We demonstrate, experimentally and theoretically, that the photon emission from gold
nanorods can be viewed as a Purcell effect enhanced radiative recombination of hot …

Promising applications in photonics are driven by the ability to fabricate crystal-quality metal
thin films of controlled thickness down to a few nanometers. In particular, these materials …

Understanding and optimising the mechanisms of generation and extraction of hot carriers
in plasmonic heterostructures is important for applications in new types of photodetectors …

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is one of the potent methods that provides
remarkable sensitivity, selectivity, and adaptability for molecular analysis at an ultralow …

Hybridization of plasmonic and excitonic elementary excitations provides an efficient mean
of enhancing the optical absorption and emission properties of metal/semiconductor …

The two-photon luminescence (TPL) of small 10 nm× 40 nm colloidal gold nanorods (GNR)
is investigated at the single object level, combining polarization-resolved TPL and …

Intrinsic luminescence from metal nanostructures complements conventional scattering and
absorption behaviors and has many interesting and unique features. This phenomenon has …

We investigate the multiphoton photoluminescence (MPPL) characteristics of bare and
palladium-capped gold nanobipyramid particles deposited on microfibers with diameters …

Using nanoclusters as building blocks for supracrystals can offer unique optical and
electronic properties of metal nanoclusters for designing new materials. The advantage of …