All forms of energy follow the law of conservation of energy, by which they can be neither
created nor destroyed. Light-to-heat conversion as a traditional yet constantly evolving …

Two-dimensional single crystal metals, in which the behavior of highly confined optical
modes is intertwined with quantum phenomena, are highly sought after for next-generation …

Noble metal nanoplates are a unique class of two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials whose
planar geometry serves as one of the most important nanoscale building blocks. Referred to …

DNA walker nanomachines are in fast development for biosensing, medical diagnostics, and
food safety monitoring. For practical application, the issues of slow dynamics and low …

While shapes and surface properties of nanomaterials are known to play important roles in
defining their properties, it remains challenging to fine‐tune the morphologies systematically …

Smart windows are highly desired as emerging optical devices based on appealing sunlight
modulation, however, some prevailing limitations remain with low photothermal conversion …

Optical-induced shape transformation of single nanoparticles on substrates has shown
benefits of simplicity and regularity for single-particle device fabrication and on-chip …

Chiral plasmonic nanostructures have promising applications in optoelectronics due to their
chiroptical responses. However, achieving active tuning of optical chirality remains …

Ultrathin and extra-large single-crystalline Au microflakes (Au MFs) have a huge potential in
applications ranging from nanophotonics to catalysis. Yet, wet chemical synthesis …

The detection of highly toxic Pb 2+ ions has propelled the exploration of green chemistry as
an environmentally benign approach to synthesizing gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) for sensing …