Photocatalytic water splitting using sunlight is a promising technology capable of providing
high energy yield without pollutant byproducts. Herein, we review various aspects of this …

The present status and development of strong-field nano-optics, an emerging field of
nonlinear optics, is discussed. A nonperturbative regime of light-matter interactions is …

Plasmonic metal/semiconductor heterostructures show promise for visible-light-driven
photocatalysis. Gold nanorods (AuNRs) semi-coated with TiO2 are expected to be ideally …

Hot electron chemistry has drawn tremendous attention from applications related to
materials, energy, sensing, and catalysis. The plasmon‐induced generation of hot electrons …

In this study, we overview resonance energy transfer between molecules in the presence of
plasmonic structures and derive an explicit Förster-type expression for the rate of plasmon …

Electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) performed in a scanning transmission electron
microscope (STEM) has demonstrated unprecedented power in the characterization of …

Plasmonics is a rapidly growing field spanning research and applications across chemistry,
physics, optics, energy harvesting, and medicine. Ultrafast photoemission electron …

The low quantum yield of photocatalytic hydrogen production in carbon nitride (CN) has
been improved upon via the modulation of both the extrinsic and intrinsic properties of the …

Plasmonic manipulation of light in metal/semiconductor heterostructures is a powerful tool
that exploits extraordinary optical properties of metallic nanostructures to concentrate and …

Plasmonic metal nanoparticles exhibit large dipole moments upon photoexcitation and have
the potential to induce electronic transitions in nearby materials, but fast internal relaxation …