Photothermal catalysis is an emerging sub-discipline of heterogeneous catalysis. It is distinct
from both thermochemical catalysis driven by heat and photochemical catalysis powered by …

The excitation of surface-phonon-polariton (SPhP) modes in polar dielectric crystals and the
associated new developments in the field of SPhPs are reviewed. The emphasis of this work …

Solar steam generation has been achieved by surface plasmon heating with metallic
nanoshells or nanoparticles, which have inherently narrow absorption bandwidth. For …

The arbitrary control of electromagnetic waves is a key aim of photonic research. Although,
for example, the control of freely propagating waves (PWs; refs,,,,,) and surface waves (SWs; …

The vivid optical properties of noble metal nanoparticles have been an object of fascination
since ancient times. The ruby red of stained glass windows arises from gold nanoparticles …

Resonant plasmonic and metamaterial structures allow for control of fundamental optical
processes such as absorption, emission and refraction at the nanoscale. Considerable …

We present an ab initio study of the hybridization of localized surface plasmons in a metal
nanoparticle dimer. The atomic structure, which is often neglected in theoretical studies of …

When light interacts with a metal nanoparticle (NP), its conduction electrons can be driven
by the incident electric field in collective oscillations known as localized surface plasmon …

Electromagnetic coupling between plasmonic resonances in metallic nanoparticles allows
for engineering of the optical response and generation of strong localized near-fields …

Metamaterials, artificial composite structures with exotic material properties, have emerged
as a new frontier of science involving physics, material science, engineering and chemistry …