Nanoparticles are generally defined as any particulate material for which at least one
dimension lies in the range of 1− 100 nm. 1− 3 They can exist in various shapes, such as …

Seed‐mediated growth is a powerful and versatile approach for the synthesis of colloidal
metal nanocrystals. The vast allure of this approach mainly stems from the staggering …

Nanokristalle sind von grundlegender Bedeutung in der modernen Wissenschaft und
Technologie. Die Eigenschaften eines Nanokristalls lassen sich über seine Form …

Silver nanowires have attracted a lot of attention in both academia and industry because of
their potential applications in many electronic devices. In the past decade, there have been …

Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) is the manifestation of a resonance effect due to the
interaction of conduction electrons of metal nanoparticles with incident photons. The …

Nanocrystals are fundamental to modern science and technology. Mastery over the shape of
a nanocrystal enables control of its properties and enhancement of its usefulness for a given …

Crystal facet engineering of semiconductors has become an important strategy for fine-
tuning the physicochemical properties and thus optimizing the reactivity and selectivity of …

Surface plasmons (SPs) are coherent oscillations of conduction electrons on a metal surface
excited by electromagnetic radiation at a metal-dielectric interface. The growing field of …

The surface plasmon resonance peaks of gold nanostructures can be tuned from the visible
to the near infrared region by controlling the shape and structure (solid vs. hollow). In this …

It is now well‐known that the size, shape, and composition of nanomaterials can
dramatically affect their physical and chemical properties, and that technologies based on …