Noble metals-TiO2 nanocomposites: from fundamental mechanisms to photocatalysis, surface enhanced Raman scattering and antibacterial applications

J Prakash, S Sun, HC Swart, RK Gupta - Applied Materials Today, 2018 - Elsevier
Plasmonic photocatalyst nanomaterials are rapidly emerging as novel materials for a
number of advanced engineering applications. In the present review article, we aim to …

Epsilon-near-zero photonics: infinite potentials

J Wu, ZT Xie, Y Sha, HY Fu, Q Li - Photonics Research, 2021 - opg.optica.org
With its unique and exclusive linear and nonlinear optical characteristics, epsilon-near-zero
(ENZ) photonics has drawn a tremendous amount of attention in the recent decade in the …

Ultrafast and nonlinear surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

NL Gruenke, MF Cardinal, MO McAnally… - Chemical Society …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Ultrafast surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has the potential to study
molecular dynamics near plasmonic surfaces to better understand plasmon-mediated …

Three-dimensional self-organization in nanocomposite layered systems by ultrafast laser pulses

Z Liu, J Siegel, M Garcia-Lechuga, T Epicier, Y Lefkir… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Controlling plasmonic systems with nanometer resolution in transparent films and their
colors over large nonplanar areas is a key issue for spreading their use in various industrial …

Towards the scale-up of the formation of nanoparticles on α-Ag2WO4 with bactericidal properties by femtosecond laser irradiation

M Assis, E Cordoncillo, R Torres-Mendieta… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
In recent years, complex nanocomposites formed by Ag nanoparticles coupled to an α-
Ag2WO4 semiconductor network have emerged as promising bactericides, where the …

Embedded plasmonic nanostructures: synthesis, fundamental aspects and their surface enhanced Raman scattering applications

J Prakash, RA Harris, HC Swart - International Reviews in Physical …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The unique physical and tunable optical properties of noble metal nanoparticles (NPs)
provides the opportunity to develop new sensing platforms with enhanced capabilities in the …

Fundamentals and applications of recyclable SERS substrates

J Prakash - International Reviews in Physical Chemistry, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates, composed of plasmonic
nanostructures (PNSs) and photocatalyst semiconductors, have emerged as novel …

Tailoring metal-dielectric nanocomposite materials with ultrashort laser pulses for dichroic color control

N Sharma, N Destouches, C Florian, R Serna, J Siegel - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal-dielectric nanocomposites are multiphase material systems containing
nanostructures, whose size and arrangement determine the optical properties of the …

Comparative study on epsilon-near-zero transparent conducting oxides: High-order chromatic dispersions and modeling of ultrashort pulse interactions

J Wu, ZT Xie, Y Sha, HY Fu, Q Li - Physical Review A, 2020 - APS
A comparative study on the chromatic dispersions and the interactions with ultrashort pulses
in epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) is theoretically presented …

Zinc-substituted Ag2CrO4: a material with enhanced photocatalytic and biological activity

IM Pinatti, ACM Tello, AB Trench, CC de Foggi… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the past years, new environmentally-friendly photocatalysts have been reported, but the
realization of efficient visible-light driven photocatalyst with highly active bactericidal and …