Controlling persistent luminescence in nanocrystalline phosphors

L Liang, J Chen, K Shao, X Qin, Z Pan, X Liu - Nature Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Persistent luminescent phosphors can store light energy in advance and release it with a
long-lasting afterglow emission. With their ability to eliminate in situ excitation and store …

Molecular probes, chemosensors, and nanosensors for optical detection of biorelevant molecules and ions in aqueous media and biofluids

J Krämer, R Kang, LM Grimm, L De Cola… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Synthetic molecular probes, chemosensors, and nanosensors used in combination with
innovative assay protocols hold great potential for the development of robust, low-cost, and …

Fluorescent nanoparticles for super-resolution imaging

W Li, GS Kaminski Schierle, B Lei, Y Liu… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Super-resolution imaging techniques that overcome the diffraction limit of light have gained
wide popularity for visualizing cellular structures with nanometric resolution. Following the …

Photoluminescent nanoparticles for chemical and biological analysis and imaging

WR Algar, M Massey, K Rees, R Higgins… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Research related to the development and application of luminescent nanoparticles (LNPs)
for chemical and biological analysis and imaging is flourishing. Novel materials and new …

Nanophotonic approaches for chirality sensing

LA Warning, AR Miandashti, LA McCarthy, Q Zhang… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Chiral nanophotonic materials are promising candidates for biosensing applications
because they focus light into nanometer dimensions, increasing their sensitivity to the …

Colloidal metal‐halide perovskite nanoplatelets: thickness‐controlled synthesis, properties, and application in light‐emitting diodes

C Otero‐Martínez, J Ye, J Sung… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Colloidal metal‐halide perovskite nanocrystals (MHP NCs) are gaining significant attention
for a wide range of optoelectronics applications owing to their exciting properties, such as …

Localized surface plasmon resonance for enhanced electrocatalysis

J Zhao, S Xue, R Ji, B Li, J Li - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrocatalysis plays a vital role in energy conversion and storage in modern society.
Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) is a highly attractive approach to enhance the …

The advent of thermoplasmonic membrane distillation

S Santoro, AH Avci, A Politano, E Curcio - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Freshwater scarcity is a vital societal challenge related to climate change, population
pressure, and agricultural and industrial demands. Therefore, sustainable desalination …

Surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy

J Kozuch, K Ataka, J Heberle - Nature Reviews Methods Primers, 2023 - nature.com
When molecules are placed at the interface to metals or metal oxides, an increase in their
infrared (IR) spectral intensities is observed, a phenomenon termed surface-enhanced …

Plasmon-mediated chemical reactions

C Zhan, J Yi, S Hu, XG Zhang, DY Wu… - Nature Reviews Methods …, 2023 - nature.com
Plasmon-mediated chemical reactions (PMCRs) are processes that make use of
nanostructure-based surface plasmons as mediators to redistribute and convert photon …