Direct Bottom-Up In Situ Growth: A Paradigm Shift for Studies in Wet-Chemical Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles

GA Vinnacombe-Willson, Y Conti, A Stefancu… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Plasmonic gold nanoparticles have been used increasingly in solid-state systems because
of their applicability in fabricating novel sensors, heterogeneous catalysts, metamaterials …

Active site engineering on plasmonic nanostructures for efficient photocatalysis

W Jiang, BQL Low, R Long, J Low, H Loh, KY Tang… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Plasmonic nanostructures have shown immense potential in photocatalysis because of their
distinct photochemical properties associated with tunable photoresponses and strong light …

Optical metasurfaces for energy conversion

E Cortés, FJ Wendisch, L Sortino, A Mancini… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanostructured surfaces with designed optical functionalities, such as metasurfaces, allow
efficient harvesting of light at the nanoscale, enhancing light–matter interactions for a wide …

Plate-like colloidal metal nanoparticles

L Scarabelli, M Sun, X Zhuo, S Yoo, JE Millstone… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The pseudo-two-dimensional (2D) morphology of plate-like metal nanoparticles makes them
one of the most anisotropic, mechanistically understood, and tunable structures available …

[HTML][HTML] Plasmonic bimetallic two-dimensional supercrystals for H2 generation

M Herran, S Juergensen, M Kessens, D Hoeing… - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
Sunlight-driven H2 generation is a central technology to tackle our impending carbon-based
energy collapse. Colloidal photocatalysts consisting of plasmonic and catalytic …

Plasmonic bound states in the continuum to tailor light-matter coupling

A Aigner, A Tittl, J Wang, T Weber, Y Kivshar… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Plasmon resonances play a pivotal role in enhancing light-matter interactions in
nanophotonics, but their low-quality factors have hindered applications demanding high …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of bimetallic interface design on heat generation in plasmonic Au/Pd nanostructures studied by single-particle thermometry

J Gargiulo, M Herran, IL Violi, A Sousa-Castillo… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Localized surface plasmons are lossy and generate heat. However, accurate measurement
of the temperature of metallic nanoparticles under illumination remains an open challenge …

Potential Alignment in Tandem Catalysts Enhances CO2-to-C2H4 Conversion Efficiencies

M Liu, Q Wang, T Luo, M Herran, X Cao… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The in-tandem catalyst holds great promise for addressing the limitation of low* CO
coverage on Cu-based materials for selective C2H4 generation during CO2 …

Nanoreactors for photocatalysis

C Wu, Z Xing, S Yang, Z Li, W Zhou - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Photocatalysis is a fundamental and promising strategy for solar energy conversion.
Photocatalytic reactions are divided into three basic steps: light absorption, photogenerated …

Tailoring Plasmonic Bimetallic Nanocatalysts Toward Sunlight‐Driven H2 Production

M Herran, A Sousa‐Castillo, C Fan… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Hybrid nanoparticles combining plasmonic and catalytic components have recently gained
interest for their potential use in sunlight‐to‐chemical energy conversion. However, a deep …