Bacterial infection continues to be one of the biggest threats to human health. The
therapeutic effect is significantly reduced as a result of the development of super-bacteria …

Plasmonic nanostructures possessing unique and versatile optoelectronic properties have
been vastly investigated over the past decade. However, the full potential of plasmonic …

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) and related spectroscopies are powered
primarily by the concentration of the electromagnetic (EM) fields associated with light in or …

Core–shell nanoparticles are at the leading edge of the hot research topics and offer a wide
range of applications in optics, biomedicine, environmental science, materials, catalysis …

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is of interest for biomedical analysis and
imaging because of its sensitivity, specificity and multiplexing capabilities. The successful …

Anisotropic gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have attracted the interest of scientists for over a
century, but research in this field has considerably accelerated since 2000 with the synthesis …

Solar illumination of broadly absorbing metal or carbon nanoparticles dispersed in a liquid
produces vapor without the requirement of heating the fluid volume. When particles are …

The field of plasmonics has become one of the most interesting and active research areas in
nanotechnology, enabling numerous fundamental studies and applications in a variety of …

Metal nanoshells are a class of nanoparticles with tunable optical resonances. In this article,
an application of this technology to thermal ablative therapy for cancer is described. By …

Inorganic nanoparticles have received increased attention in the recent past as potential
diagnostic and therapeutic systems in the field of oncology. Inorganic nanoparticles have …