Resonance energy transfer (RET), the transport of electronic energy from one atom or
molecule to another, has significant importance to a number of diverse areas of science …

Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) has found extensive applications in chemi-sensors and
biosensors. Plasmons play different roles in different types of optical sensors. SPR …

Gold nanorods have been receiving extensive attention owing to their extremely attractive
applications in biomedical technologies, plasmon-enhanced spectroscopies, and optical …

Plasmonic nanoparticles can strongly interact with adjacent fluorophores, resulting in
plasmon-enhanced fluorescence or fluorescence quenching. This dipolar coupling is …

Due to exceptional photo-physical properties, up-converting nanoparticles (UCNPs) are
promising and advantageous alternative to conventional fluorescent labels used in many bio …

The extraordinary optical properties of surface plasmons in metal nanostructures provide the
possibilities to enhance and accelerate the spontaneous emission, and manipulate the …

The synthesis of gold nanoparticles using citrate reduction process has been revisited. A
simplified room temperature approach to standard Turkevich synthesis is employed to obtain …

To get rid of this dilemma of global energy crunch and environmental pollution problem, up
to now, semiconductor photocatalytic technology, using solar energy as the driving force …

The distance dependence of localized surface plasmon (LSP) coupled Förster resonance
energy transfer (FRET) is experimentally and theoretically investigated using a trilayer …

This review provides a brief introduction to the physics of coupled exciton-plasmon systems,
the theoretical description and experimental manifestation of such phenomena, followed by …