Photonic metasurfaces, that is, two-dimensional arrangements of designed plasmonic or
dielectric resonant scatterers, have been established as a successful concept for controlling …

UV–vis spectrophotometry and spectrofluorometry are indispensable tools in education,
research, and industrial process controls with widespread applications in nanoscience …

Thin, flexible, and invisible solar cells will be a ubiquitous technology in the near future.
Ultrathin crystalline silicon (c-Si) cells capitalize on the success of bulk silicon cells while …

Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) coupled with exciton resonances in
semiconductor nanostructures are crucial for extended spectral range of light matter …

Halide perovskites have recently gained widespread attention for their high efficiencies in
photovoltaics, and they have also been studied for applications in light emission. Both of …

This paper introduces a procedure aimed to quantitatively measure the optical properties of
nanoparticles, namely the complex polarizability and the extinction, scattering, and …

The use of plasmonic nanoparticles in performing photothermal treatments in cancer cells
requires a full knowledge about their optical properties. The surface plasmon resonance is …

Semiconductor nanowire lasers are single-element structures that can act as both gain
material and cavity for optical lasing. They have typical dimensions on the order of an optical …

Lead-halide perovskite (LHP) nanocrystals have proven themselves as an interesting
material platform due to their easy synthesis and compositional versatility, allowing for a …

Semiconductor nanocrystals, or quantum dots (QDs), simultaneously benefit from
inexpensive low-temperature solution processing and exciting photophysics, making them …