The unique physical and tunable optical properties of noble metal nanoparticles (NPs)
provides the opportunity to develop new sensing platforms with enhanced capabilities in the …

In this paper, a highly sensitive and selective nonenzymatic glucose sensor based on nickel
ion implanted-modified indium tin oxide electrode (Ni/ITO) was constructed. Ion implantation …

Since the discovery of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) 40 years ago, the origin
of the “background” that is systematically observed in SERS spectra has remained …

Nanotechnology will be soon required in most engineering and science curricula. It cannot
be questioned that cutting-edge applications based on nanoscience are having a …

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) because of their strong antibacterial activity are widely used in
health-care sector and industrial applications. Their huge surface-volume ratio enhances the …

A strategy to design and fabricate hybrid metallic-dielectric substrates for optical
spectroscopy and imaging is proposed. Different architectures consisting of three …

In this chapter, we will present a digest of the main materials science aspects of the
controlled fabrication of 2D arrays of semiconducting (Si, Ge) nanocrystals (NCs) in metal …

Recent results on ion-synthesis by low energy implantation and optical properties of silver
nanoparticles in various dielectrics (glasses and polymers) and on the interaction of high …

We compare the morphology and optical response of plasmonic nanostructures produced
by pulsed laser deposition, consisting of a 2D distribution of Ag nanoparticles exposed to air …

Silver nanoparticles have been embedded at a few nanometer distance from the free
surface of titania/silica multilayers using low energy ion beam synthesis. Transmission …