Optically excited plasmonic nanostructures exhibit unique capabilities to catalyze interfacial
chemical transformations of molecules adsorbed on their surfaces in a regioselective …

A surface modification of ultraflat gold nanotriangles (AuNTs) with different shaped
nanoparticles is of special relevance for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and …

Plasmon-mediated chemistry presents an intriguing new approach to photocatalysis.
However, the reaction enhancement mechanism is not well understood. In particular, the …

Recently, we have shown that thermal effects play a crucial role in speeding up the rate of
bond-dissociation reactions. This was done by applying a simple temperature-shifted …

The plasmon-induced heat generation by core–shell Ag0@ SiO2 nanoparticle ensemble, ie,
Ag0 nanoparticles coated with a nanometric, amorphous SiO2 layer, has been studied for …

Plasmon-mediated chemical reaction (PMCR) is an emerging research field recently, with
potential applications in solar energy conversion such as water splitting and CO 2 reduction …

Optical excitation of plasmonic electron oscillations confined by metallic nanoparticles
provides a unique means of driving unconventional photocatalytic transformations of …

Efforts to characterize solid/liquid, solid/gas, liquid/gas, liquid/liquid, and liquid/gas
interfaces utilizing optical spectroscopies in the ultraviolet− visible (UV− vis), infrared (IR) …

The plasmon‐driven dimerization of 4‐nitrothiophenol (4NTP) to 4‐4′‐
dimercaptoazobenzene (DMAB) is a testbed for understanding bimolecular photoreactions …

We show the formation of metallic spikes on the surface of gold nanotriangles (AuNTs) by
using the same reduction process which has been used for the synthesis of gold nanostars …