The field of optical nanoantennas, a rapidly develo** area of optics, is reviewed. The
basic concept of an optical antenna is formulated and major characteristics relevant to this …

Optical components made fully or partially from reconfigurable, stimuli‐responsive, soft
solids or fluids—collectively referred to as soft photonics—are poised to form the platform for …

As typical one‐dimensional nanostructures for waveguiding tightly confined optical fields
beyond the diffraction limit, metal nanowires have been used as versatile nanoscale …

DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201504355 the dynamic nature and reversibility of noncovalent bonds,
supramolecular gels show excellent healing abilities without the requirement to incorporate …

Although silver nanowires as plasmonic components have been investigated extensively in
both theoretical and experimental studies, a systematic study is still lacking. In this work, a …

High cost of pure CO 2 feed constitutes a significant economic obstacle in industrial-scale
CO 2 electrolysis. Direct CO 2 electrochemical conversion from flue gas has emerged as a …

Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women. In
particular, it is a high cause of mortality among women in industrialized countries. Human …

Light manipulation is paramountly important to the fabrication of high‐performance
optoelectronic devices such as solar cells and photodetectors. In this study, a high …

Atomically flat surfaces of single-crystalline Au nanoplates can maximize the functionality of
biomolecules, thus realizing extremely high-performance biosensors. Here, we report both …

Plasmonic hot spots located between metallic dimer nanostructures have been utilized
comprehensively to achieve efficient light emission. However, different from the …