Plasmonic nanostructures possessing unique and versatile optoelectronic properties have
been vastly investigated over the past decade. However, the full potential of plasmonic …

Fluorescence spectroscopy with strong emitters is a remarkable tool with ultra-high
sensitivity for detection and imaging down to the single-molecule level. Plasmon-enhanced …

Fluorescence-based biosensor platforms have been intensively investigated not only to
increase the sensitivity but also to improve the performance of biosensors. By exploiting …

The design and use of materials in the nanoscale size range for addressing medical and
health-related issues continues to receive increasing interest. Research in nanomedicine …

In recent years, an increasing number of nanomaterials have been explored for their
applications in biomedical diagnostics, making their applications in healthcare biosensing a …

Aqueous solutions containing light-absorbing nanoparticles have recently been shown to
produce steam at high efficiencies upon solar illumination, even when the temperature of the …

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

Plasmonic gap nanostructures (PGNs) have been extensively investigated mainly because
of their strongly enhanced optical responses, which stem from the high intensity of the …

Although the nonradiative decay of surface plasmons was once thought to be only a
parasitic process within the plasmonic and metamaterial communities, hot carriers …

The localized surface plasmon resonance of metal nanoparticles is the collective oscillation
of electrons on particle surface, induced by incident light, and is a particle composition …