The vivid optical properties of noble metal nanoparticles have been an object of fascination
since ancient times. The ruby red of stained glass windows arises from gold nanoparticles …

Nanowires supporting propagating surface plasmons can function as nanowaveguides to
realize the light guiding with field confinement beyond the diffraction limit, providing …

Highly efficient catalysis and monitoring play an extremely important role in the modern
chemical industry. The local thermal charge density, which is proportional to the square of …

Chiral surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) can be generated by linearly polarized light
incident at the end of a nanowire, exciting a coherent superposition of three specific …

Plasmonics has remained a prominent and growing field over the past several decades. The
coupling of various chemical and photo phenomenon has sparked considerable interest in …

Highly organized supercrystals of Au nanorods with plasmonic antennae enhancement of
electrical field have made possible fast direct detection of prions in complex biological …

Core–shell nanoparticles have attracted surging interests due to their flexibly tunable
resonances and various applications in medical diagnostics, biosensing, nanolasers, and …

Due to its amazing ability to manipulate light at the nanoscale, plasmonics has become one
of the most interesting topics in the field of light–matter interaction. As a promising …

Using polarization dependent scattering spectroscopy, we investigate plasmon propagation
on branched silver nanowires. By controlling the polarization of the incident laser light, the …

We demonstrate optical alignment and rotation of individual plasmonic nanostructures with
lengths from tens of nanometers to several micrometers using a single beam of linearly …