The rise of two-dimensional (2D) materials research took place following the isolation of
graphene in 2004. These new 2D materials include transition metal dichalcogenides, mono …

Conspectus Plasmonic coupling-based electromagnetic field localization and enhancement
are becoming increasingly important in chemistry, nanoscience, materials science, physics …

Surface and interfaces play key roles in heterogeneous catalysis, electrochemistry and
photo (electro) chemistry. Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) combines plasmon …

Two-dimensional monolayer transition metal dichalcogenide semiconductors are ideal
building blocks for atomically thin, flexible optoelectronic and catalytic devices. Although …

Label‐free super‐resolution (LFSR) imaging relies on light‐scattering processes in
nanoscale objects without a need for fluorescent (FL) staining required in super‐resolved FL …

Surface plasmon polaritons are a central concept in nanoplasmonics and have been
exploited to develop ultrasensitive chemical detection platforms, as well as imaging and …

The control of light fields on subwavelength scales in nanophotonic structures has become
ubiquitous, driven by both curiosity and a multitude of applications in fields ranging from …

Optical microscopy, the simultaneous acquisition of spectroscopic and spatial information
using light, forms the basis of many natural sciences. In this chapter, we review a novel …

Thermally excited electrons and holes form a quantum-critical Dirac fluid in ultraclean
graphene and their electrodynamic responses are described by a universal hydrodynamic …

Metal nanostructures provide extreme focusing of optical energy that is limited
fundamentally by quantum tunneling. We directly probe the onset of the quantum tunneling …