All forms of energy follow the law of conservation of energy, by which they can be neither
created nor destroyed. Light-to-heat conversion as a traditional yet constantly evolving …

While shapes and surface properties of nanomaterials are known to play important roles in
defining their properties, it remains challenging to fine‐tune the morphologies systematically …

Noble metal nanoplates are a unique class of two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials whose
planar geometry serves as one of the most important nanoscale building blocks. Referred to …

Two-dimensional single crystal metals, in which the behavior of highly confined optical
modes is intertwined with quantum phenomena, are highly sought after for next-generation …

Smart windows are highly desired as emerging optical devices based on appealing sunlight
modulation, however, some prevailing limitations remain with low photothermal conversion …

Chiral plasmonic nanostructures have promising applications in optoelectronics due to their
chiroptical responses. However, achieving active tuning of optical chirality remains …

Optical-induced shape transformation of single nanoparticles on substrates has shown
benefits of simplicity and regularity for single-particle device fabrication and on-chip …

Ultrathin and extra-large single-crystalline Au microflakes (Au MFs) have a huge potential in
applications ranging from nanophotonics to catalysis. Yet, wet chemical synthesis …

The advancement of nanoenabled wafer‐based devices requires the establishment of core
competencies related to the deterministic positioning of nanometric building blocks over …

Nanoparticle synthesis has drawn great attention in the last decades. The study of crystal
growth mechanisms and optimization of the existing methods lead to the increasing …