Infrared and optical spectroscopy represents one of the most informative methods in
advanced materials research. As an important branch of modern optical techniques that has …

Fluorescence is widely used in optical devices, microscopy imaging, biology, medical
research and diagnosis. Improving fluorescence sensitivity, all the way to the limit of single …

Radiative thermal transport via the fluctuating electromagnetic near-field has recently
attracted increasing attention due to its fundamental importance and its impact on a range of …

This article reviews the achievements of both atomic resolution and subnanometer
(molecular) resolution in ambient conditions by atomic force microscopy (AFM). The …

The original Handbook of Surface and Interface Analysis: Methods for Problem-Solving was
based on the authors' firm belief that characterization and analysis of surfaces should be …

Recent progress in near-field optics instrumentation has led to a new class of
subwavelength optical experiments in which near-field optical microscopes are used to …

The complex band structure of a periodic system is the conventional band structure
extended to complex Bloch k vectors. The k vectors with an imaginary part describe spatially …

Owing to the facile tunability of the localized surface plasmon resonance wavelength (LSPR)
and large refractive index sensitivity, gold nanorods (AuNR) are of high interest as …

Our ability to generate new distributions of light has been remarkably enhanced in recent
years. At the most fundamental level, these light patterns are obtained by ingeniously …

This tutorial review is intended to provide an accessible and self-contained introduction to
the discipline of electromagnetic scattering by nonspherical particles and discuss the most …