The field of plasmonics has become one of the most interesting and active research areas in
nanotechnology, enabling numerous fundamental studies and applications in a variety of …

Applications of the interface-selective methods of second harmonic (SHG) and sum
frequency (SFG) spectroscopy to the investigation of equilibrium and time-dependent …

The electromagnetic theory of optical second-harmonic generation from small spherical
particles comprised of centrosymmetric material is presented. The interfacial region where …

The optical properties of metal nanostructures have received a great deal of attention in the
past decade because of their application in surface-enhanced spectroscopies …

Transparent Ag nanowire arrays embedded in anodic alumina membranes were prepared
by a template-based approach combined with ac electrodeposition and subsequent etching …

A simple quasistatic treatment for the plasmon resonance spectra of nanoparticle rod− rod
and rod− sphere pairs is presented. Spectra are calculated for gold particle pairs at different …

We elucidate the crystalline nature and the three-dimensional orientation of isolated organic
nanocrystals embedded in a sol-gel matrix, using a polarized nonlinear microscopy …

Femtosecond laser excited second harmonic (SH) activity from single Ag nanoparticles is
reported. A correlation of SH single-particle measurements with high-resolution imaging of …

The optical frequency doubling properties of silver, copper, and platinum nanoparticles in
aqueous solution are studied via hyper-Rayleigh scattering (HRS) spectroscopy. Substantial …

This work presents molecular-level investigations of how well-characterized silica-supported
phospholipid bilayers formed from either pure DOPC or a 9: 1 mixture of DOPC: DOTAP …