Recent advances in nanoscience and nanotechnology radically changed the way we
diagnose, treat, and prevent various diseases in all aspects of human life. Silver …

Measurement science has been converging to smaller and smaller samples, such that it is
now possible to detect single molecules. This Review focuses on the next generation of …

Existing methods for the optical detection of single molecules require the molecules to
absorb light to produce fluorescence or direct absorption signals,,. This limits the range of …

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are some of the most extensively studied nanomaterials.
Because of their unique optical, chemical, electrical, and catalytic properties, AuNPs have …

Motivated by potential benefits such as sensor miniaturization, multiplexing opportunities
and higher sensitivities, refractometric nanoplasmonic biosensing has profiled itself in a …

Nanoparticles are widely used in various fields of science and technology as well as in
everyday life. In particular, gold and silver nanoparticles display unique optical properties …

Conspectus Noble metal nanoparticles (NMNPs) have become firmly established as
effective agents to detect various biomolecules with extremely high sensitivity. This ability …

Studying the plasmonic properties of metallic nanoparticles at the individual nanostructure
level is critical to our understanding of nanoscale metallic systems. Here we show how the …

We demonstrate the use of a scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) equipped
with a monochromator and an electron energy loss (EEL) spectrometer as a powerful tool to …

Since the first report on the far-field optical detection of single metal nanoparticles in the late
1990s, the field has rapidly developed and new methods and concepts have been …