In the last two decades, plasmon resonance in gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) has been the
subject of intense research efforts. Plasmon physics is intriguing and its precise modelling …

Plasmonic biosensing has been used for fast, real-time, and label-free probing of
biologically relevant analytes, where the main challenges are to detect small molecules at …

Localized surface plasmons are lossy and generate heat. However, accurate measurement
of the temperature of metallic nanoparticles under illumination remains an open challenge …

Subwavelength confinement of light with plasmonics is promising for nanophotonics and
optoelectronics. However, it is nontrivial to obtain narrow plasmonic resonances due to the …

Conspectus Metal nanoparticles have been utilized for a vast amount of plasmon enhanced
spectroscopies and energy conversion devices. Their unique optical properties allow them …

Metal nanoparticles are excellent light absorbers. The absorption processes create highly
excited electron–hole pairs, and recently there has been interest in harnessing these hot …

Single-molecule detection has long relied on fluorescent labeling with high quantum-yield
fluorophores. Plasmon-enhanced detection circumvents the need for labeling by allowing …

This tutorial review surveys the optical properties of plasmonic nanoparticles studied by
various single particle spectroscopy techniques. The surface plasmon resonance of metallic …

Metallic nanoparticles show extraordinary strong light absorption near their plasmon
resonance, orders of magnitude larger compared to nonmetallic nanoparticles. This …

Motivated by potential benefits such as sensor miniaturization, multiplexing opportunities
and higher sensitivities, refractometric nanoplasmonic biosensing has profiled itself in a …