Plasmonic gold nanoparticles have been used increasingly in solid-state systems because
of their applicability in fabricating novel sensors, heterogeneous catalysts, metamaterials …

Unprecedented advances in metal nanoparticle synthesis have paved the way for broad
applications in sensing, imaging, catalysis, diagnosis, and therapy by tuning the optical …

This paper reviews recent studies on the preparation of two-dimensional (2D) metal
nanostructures, particularly nanosheets. As metal often exists in the high-symmetry crystal …

Colorimetric detection is important for various applications where instant and convenient
read-out is needed. Because of their fascinating optical properties, plasmonic …

The exceptionally large charge‐carrier density in photoexcited plasmonic nanoparticles
(NPs) can be used for the making and breaking of high‐energy chemical bonds, which forms …

This work reports a scaffold-templated, bottom-up synthesis of 3D anisotropic nanofeatures
on periodic arrays of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). Our method relies on substrate-bound …

This review summarizes the progress that has been made in the use of nanostructured SPR-
based chemical sensors and biosensors. Following an introduction into the field, a first large …

Light-driven synthesis of plasmonic metal nanostructures has garnered broad scientific
interests. Although it has been widely accepted that surface plasmon resonance (SPR) …

Colloidal crystallization provides a means to synthesize hierarchical nanostructures by
design and to use these complex structures for nanodevice fabrication. In particular, DNA …

Functional nanoparticles (NPs) with unique photoelectric, mechanical, magnetic, and
chemical properties have attracted considerable attention. Aggregated NPs rather than …