Nanocrystal assemblies: Current advances and open problems

CL Bassani, G Van Anders, U Banin, D Baranov… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
We explore the potential of nanocrystals (a term used equivalently to nanoparticles) as
building blocks for nanomaterials, and the current advances and open challenges for …

Chiral lattice resonances in 2.5-dimensional periodic arrays with achiral unit cells

L Cerdán, L Zundel, A Manjavacas - ACS photonics, 2023 - ACS Publications
Lattice resonances are collective electromagnetic modes supported by periodic arrays of
metallic nanostructures. These excitations arise from the coherent multiple scattering …

Chiral plasmonic superlattices from template-assisted assembly of achiral nanoparticles

X Qi, LA Pérez, J Mendoza-Carreño, M Garriga… - Nature …, 2025 - nature.com
The creation of chiral plasmonic architectures combining templates with achiral plasmonic
particles leads to strong chiroptical responses that can be finely tuned via the characteristics …

Tailoring directional chiral emission from molecules coupled to extrinsic chiral quasi-bound states in the continuum

M Liang, LC Andreani, AM Berghuis, JL Pura… - Photonics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
We investigate the chiral emission from non-chiral molecules coupled to metasurfaces with a
unit cell formed by dimers of detuned and displaced Si nanodisks. The detuning and …

Harnessing Gold's Optical Prowess: A Review of Gold Nanoparticles in Electronic Lens Technology

LM Shaker, A Al-Amiery, WK Al-Azzawi - Arabian Journal for Science and …, 2024 - Springer
Gold nanoparticles (NPS) have emerged as promising candidates for revolutionizing
electronic lens technology and advancing optics. This comprehensive review paper delves …

Long-range molecular energy transfer mediated by strong coupling to plasmonic topological edge states

Á Buendía, JA Sánchez-Gil, V Giannini, WL Barnes… - …, 2024 - degruyter.com
Strong coupling between light and molecular matter is currently attracting interest both in
chemistry and physics, in the fast-growing field of molecular polaritonics. The large near …

Capturing near-field circular dichroism enhancements from far-field measurements

J Olmos-Trigo, J Lasa-Alonso, I Gómez-Viloria… - Physical Review …, 2024 - APS
Molecular circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy faces significant limitations due to the
inherent weakness of chiroptical light-matter interactions. In this view, resonant optical …

Ultra-Narrowband Circular Dichroism in Chiral Nanopore Arrays Based on Bound States in the Continuum: Implications for Ultrasensitive Detection of Chiral …

Y Wang, Z Liu, D Liu, G Liu, K Ren, J Bai… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2025 - ACS Publications
Narrow-band (UN) circular dichroism (CD) is important in the fields of chiral molecular
sensing, negatively refractive materials, and polarization-resolved imaging. However …

Enhancement of molecular circular dichroism with silver nanoparticles

VJ Härkönen, TP Rossi, M Kuisma, P Rinke, X Chen - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Plasmon resonances in metal nanoparticles provide a powerful way to amplify molecular
circular dichroism (CD). In this paper, we use time-dependent density-functional theory to …

Tailoring second harmonic emission by ZnO nanostructures: Enhancement of directionality

E Petronijevic, C Sibilia - Journal of the European Optical …, 2024 - jeos.edpsciences.org
Tailoring nonlinear optical properties at the nanoscale is a hot topic in nowadays
nanophotonics, promising for applications spanning from sensing to ultrafast optical …