Nanoporous metals: From plasmonic properties to applications in enhanced spectroscopy and photocatalysis

AN Koya, X Zhu, N Ohannesian, AA Yanik, A Alabastri… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The field of plasmonics is capable of enabling interesting applications in different
wavelength ranges, spanning from the ultraviolet up to the infrared. The choice of plasmonic …

Nanoporous gold: From structure evolution to functional properties in catalysis and electrochemistry

G Wittstock, M Bäumer, W Dononelli… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nanoporous gold (NPG) is characterized by a bicontinuous network of nanometer-sized
metallic struts and interconnected pores formed spontaneously by oxidative dissolution of …

Recent progress in active optical metasurfaces

L Kang, RP Jenkins, DH Werner - Advanced Optical Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Evolving from metamaterials, optical metasurfaces not only inherit their unprecedented
flexibility in tailoring light–matter interaction but also the generally fixed response …

Nanoporous metals with structural hierarchy: A review

T Juarez, J Biener, J Weissmüller… - Advanced engineering …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Nanoporous (np) metals have generated much interest since they combine several
desirable material characteristics, such as high surface area, mechanical size effects, and …

[HTML][HTML] Electrocatalytic methanol oxidation with nanoporous gold: Microstructure and selectivity

M Graf, M Haensch, J Carstens, G Wittstock… - Nanoscale, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The properties of Nanoporous Gold (NPG) obtained by the selective dissolution of Ag from
an Au–Ag alloy can be tuned by the details of its fabrication, and specifically the residual Ag …

Direct and broadband plasmonic charge transfer to enhance water oxidation on a gold electrode

M Graf, GB Vonbun-Feldbauer, MTM Koper - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Plasmonic photocatalysis via hot charge carriers suffers from their short lifetime compared
with the sluggish kinetics of most reactions. To increase lifetime, adsorbates on the surface …

Self-detachment and subsurface densification of dealloyed nanoporous thin films

G Henkelmann, D Waldow, M Liu, L Lührs, Y Li… - Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Experiment shows thin films of dealloyed nanoporous gold (NPG) spontaneously detaching
from massive gold base layers. NPG can also densify near its external surface. This is …

Limit of efficiency of generation of hot electrons in metals and their injection inside a semiconductor using a semiclassical approach

E Blandre, D Jalas, AY Petrov, M Eich - ACS photonics, 2018 - ACS Publications
Hot electron generation in a metal and injection into a semiconductor is a crucial mechanism
to convert sub band gap photons into free electrical charges inside a semiconductor. This …

Electroless dealloying of thin-film nanocrystalline au–ag alloys: Mechanisms of ligament nucleation and sources of its synthesis variability

S Niauzorau, A Sharstniou, VK Sampath… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Control of ligament size in nanoporous gold through process inputs in chemical dealloying
holds the potential to exploit its size dependent properties in applications in energy and …

[HTML][HTML] Self-assembly of liquid crystals in nanoporous solids for adaptive photonic metamaterials

K Sentker, A Yildirim, M Lippmann, AW Zantop… - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanoporous media exhibit structures significantly smaller than the wavelengths of visible
light and can thus act as photonic metamaterials. Their optical functionality is not determined …