The ability to prepare noble metal nanostructures of a desired composition, size, and shape
enables their resulting properties to be exquisitely tailored, which has led to the use of these …

The past several decades have witnessed the fast-growing field of plasmonics, which
localize and concentrate incident light at the nanoscale and provide a source of light, heat …

Surface-plasmon (SP) enhanced catalysis on plasmonic nanostructures brings opportunities
to increase catalytic efficiency and alter catalytic selectivity. Understanding the underlying …

Confining molecules within well-defined nanosized spaces can profoundly alter their
physicochemical characteristics. For example, the controlled aggregation of chromophores …

Despite several studies addressing nanoparticle (NP) interference with conventional toxicity
assay systems, it appears that researchers still rely heavily on these assays, particularly for …

In this Perspective, we explore the opportunities that plasmon excitation may offer for the
practitioners in organic chemistry. Beyond the interesting physical properties and lively …

A proof of concept of laser-assisted heterogeneously catalysed processes at room
temperature using silica supported gold nanoparticles is reported. Au/SiO2 nanoparticles …

Gold nanorods show great potential in harvesting natural sunlight and generating hot
charge carriers that can be employed to produce electrical or chemical energies. We show …

This research reports gold (Au) and platinum (Pt) nanocatalysts spatially confined in a
porous carbon nanosphere as a new solar‐driven carbon nanoreactor (CNR). The CNRs …

Controlling temperature with high spatial resolution has been a challenge and the
bottleneck for advancing scientific discoveries at the micro-scale level. Herein, we exploit the …