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 …

Experimental characterization techniques for plasmon-assisted chemistry

E Cortés, R Grzeschik, SA Maier… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Plasmon-assisted chemistry is the result of a complex interplay between electromagnetic
near fields, heat and charge transfer on the nanoscale. The disentanglement of their roles is …

Mechanistic insights into CO2 conversion chemistry of copper bis-(terpyridine) molecular electrocatalyst using accessible operando spectrochemistry

H Zhang, C Xu, X Zhan, Y Yu, K Zhang, Q Luo… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The implementation of low-cost transition-metal complexes in CO2 reduction reaction
(CO2RR) is hampered by poor mechanistic understanding. Herein, a carbon-supported …

Ultrafast charge transfer in mixed-dimensional WO3-x nanowire/WSe2 heterostructures for attomolar-level molecular sensing

Q Lv, J Tan, Z Wang, P Gu, H Liu, L Yu, Y Wei… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Developing efficient noble-metal-free surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)
substrates and unveiling the underlying mechanism is crucial for ultrasensitive molecular …

Picocavities: a primer

JJ Baumberg - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Picocavities are sub-nanometer-scale optical cavities recently found to trap light, which are
formed by single-atom defects on metallic facets. Here, we develop simple picocavity …

Capturing critical gem-diol intermediates and hydride transfer for anodic hydrogen production from 5-hydroxymethylfurfural

G Fu, X Kang, Y Zhang, Y Guo, Z Li, J Liu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The non-classical anodic H2 production from 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is very
appealing for energy-saving H2 production with value-added chemical conversion due to …

In situ spectroelectrochemical probing of CO redox landscape on copper single-crystal surfaces

F Shao, JK Wong, QH Low… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Electrochemical reduction of CO (2) to value-added chemicals and fuels is a promising
strategy to sustain pressing renewable energy demands and to address climate change …

Photoluminescence upconversion in monolayer WSe2 activated by plasmonic cavities through resonant excitation of dark excitons

NS Mueller, R Arul, G Kang, AP Saunders… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Anti-Stokes photoluminescence (PL) is light emission at a higher photon energy than the
excitation, with applications in optical cooling, bioimaging, lasing, and quantum optics. Here …

In Situ/Operando Characterization Techniques of Electrochemical CO2 Reduction

B Hasa, Y Zhao, F Jiao - Annual Review of Chemical and …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Electrocatalytic conversion of carbon dioxide to valuable chemicals and fuels driven by
renewable energy plays a crucial role in achieving net-zero carbon emissions …

Dimensional design for surface-enhanced raman spectroscopy

L Long, W Ju, HY Yang, Z Li - ACS Materials Au, 2022 - ACS Publications
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a vibrational spectroscopy technique that
enables specific identification of target analytes with sensitivity down to the single-molecule …