Plasmon-enhanced light–matter interactions and applications

H Yu, Y Peng, Y Yang, ZY Li - npj Computational Materials, 2019 - nature.com
Surface plasmons are coherent and collective electron oscillations confined at the dielectric–
metal interface. Benefitting from the inherent subwavelength nature of spatial profile, surface …

Progress in thermoplasmonics for solar energy applications

G Liu, J Xu, T Chen, K Wang - Physics Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Plasmonics offer unprecedented control over light and stimulate fundamental research and
engineering applications in solar energy. The surface plasmon resonance is responsible for …

Thermo‐plasmonics: using metallic nanostructures as nano‐sources of heat

G Baffou, R Quidant - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Recent years have seen a growing interest in using metal nanostructures to control
temperature on the nanoscale. Under illumination at its plasmonic resonance, a metal …

Flash drug release from nanoparticles accumulated in the targeted blood vessels facilitates the tumour treatment

IV Zelepukin, OY Griaznova, KG Shevchenko… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Tumour microenvironment hinders nanoparticle transport deep into the tissue precluding
thorough treatment of solid tumours and metastatic nodes. We introduce an anticancer drug …

Femtosecond-pulsed optical heating of gold nanoparticles

G Baffou, H Rigneault - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials …, 2011 - APS
We investigate theoretically and numerically the thermodynamics of gold nanoparticles
immersed in water and illuminated by a femtosecond-pulsed laser at their plasmonic …

Plasmonic nanobubbles as transient vapor nanobubbles generated around plasmonic nanoparticles

E Lukianova-Hleb, Y Hu, L Latterini, L Tarpani, S Lee… - ACS …, 2010 - ACS Publications
We have used short laser pulses to generate transient vapor nanobubbles around
plasmonic nanoparticles. The photothermal, mechanical, and optical properties of such …

Laser-Activated Gene Silencing via Gold Nanoshell−siRNA Conjugates

GB Braun, A Pallaoro, G Wu, D Missirlis… - ACS …, 2009 - ACS Publications
The temporal and spatial control over the delivery of materials such as siRNA into cells
remains a significant technical challenge. We demonstrate the pulsed near-infrared (NIR) …

Thermal analysis of gold nanorods heated with femtosecond laser pulses

O Ekici, RK Harrison, NJ Durr… - Journal of physics D …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
We present an axisymmetric computational model to study the heating processes of gold
nanoparticles, specifically nanorods, in aqueous medium by femtosecond laser pulses. We …

Plasma mediated off-resonance plasmonic enhanced ultrafast laser-induced nanocavitation

É Boulais, R Lachaine, M Meunier - Nano letters, 2012 - ACS Publications
The generation of nanobubbles around plasmonic nanostructures is an efficient approach
for imaging and therapy, especially in the field of cancer research. We show a novel method …

[HTML][HTML] Plasmonics for pulsed-laser cell nanosurgery: Fundamentals and applications

E Boulais, R Lachaine, A Hatef, M Meunier - Journal of Photochemistry and …, 2013 - Elsevier
This review describes the fundamental aspects of pulsed laser interaction with plasmonic
nanostructures, and its applications to cell nanosurgery, including the destruction …