Recent advances of plasmonic nanoparticles include fascinating developments in the fields
of energy, catalyst chemistry, optics, biotechnology, and medicine. The plasmonic …

Curing cancer has been one of the greatest conundrums in the modern medical field. To
reduce side-effects associated with the traditional cancer therapy such as radiotherapy and …

Photothermal conversion, heat localization and water supply are the keys to achieving
efficient solar‐driven interfacial evaporation. However, effective coupling between the three …

Photothermal therapy (PTT) is recognized as a promising approach for cancer theranostics
via the nonradiative conversion of light into heat energy. PTT treatment is able to reduce the …

Phase change materials (PCMs) have been extensively characterized as constant
temperature latent heat thermal energy storage (TES) materials. Nevertheless, the …

Since nano scale local surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) can broaden the visible
absorption region, enhance the local electromagnetic field and produce a thermal effect …

Solar driven water evaporation and distillation is an ancient technology, but has been
rejuvenated by nano-enabled photothermal materials in the past 4 years. The nano-enabled …

With recent progress in photothermal materials, organic small molecules featured with
flexibility, diverse structures, and tunable properties exhibit unique advantages but have …

Self-healing hydrophobic light-to-heat conversion membranes for interfacial solar heating
are fabricated by deposition of light-to-heat conversion material of polypyrrole onto porous …

Global energy and environmental problems are becoming increasingly prominent, and the
shortage of freshwater resources has been plaguing many countries and regions in the …