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 …

Optical sensors are widely used for refractive index measurement in chemical, biomedical,
and food processing industries. Due to specific field distribution of the resonances, optical …

Noble metal nanoparticles have been extensively studied to understand and apply their
plasmonic responses, upon coupling with electromagnetic radiation, to research areas such …

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

Plasmon‐mediated photocatalytic systems generally suffer from poor efficiency due to weak
absorption overlap and thus limited energy transfer between the plasmonic metal and the …

Atomic and close-to-atomic scale manufacturing (ACSM) represents techniques for
manufacturing high-end products in various fields, including future-generation computing …

Conspectus Gold nanobipyramids (Au NBPs) and gold nanorods (Au NRs) are two types of
elongated plasmonic nanoparticles with their longitudinal dipolar plasmon wavelengths …

Nanozymes, a type of nanomaterials that function similarly to natural enzymes, receive
extensive attention in biomedical fields. However, the widespread applications of …

Metal nanoparticles (NP) that exhibit localized surface plasmon resonance play an important
role in metal‐enhanced fluorescence (MEF) and surface‐enhanced Raman scattering …

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been frequently utilized for the construction of diverse
colorimetric biosensors. Normally, AuNPs with sharp edges could have better sensitivity …