Challenges in plasmonic catalysis

E Cortés, LV Besteiro, A Alabastri, A Baldi… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The use of nanoplasmonics to control light and heat close to the thermodynamic limit
enables exciting opportunities in the field of plasmonic catalysis. The decay of plasmonic …

Light‐induced tuning and reconfiguration of nanophotonic structures

SV Makarov, AS Zalogina, M Tajik… - Laser & Photonics …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Interaction of light pulses of various durations and intensities with nanoscale photonic
structures plays an important role in many applications of nanophotonics for high‐density …

Harnessing copper-palladium alloy tetrapod nanoparticle-induced pro-survival autophagy for optimized photothermal therapy of drug-resistant cancer

Y Zhang, R Sha, L Zhang, W Zhang, P Jin, W Xu… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Chemo-PTT, which combines chemotherapy with photothermal therapy, offers a viable
approach for the complete tumor eradication but would likely fail in drug-resistant situations …

Temperature mapping of operating nanoscale devices by scanning probe thermometry

F Menges, P Mensch, H Schmid, H Riel… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Imaging temperature fields at the nanoscale is a central challenge in various areas of
science and technology. Nanoscopic hotspots, such as those observed in integrated circuits …

Photoswitchable molecules in long-wavelength light-responsive drug delivery: from molecular design to applications

S Jia, WK Fong, B Graham, BJ Boyd - Chemistry of Materials, 2018 - ACS Publications
Stimuli-responsive nanocarriers can release their bioactive cargo “on demand”, potentially
improving the selectivity, specificity, and efficacy of therapeutic drugs. Light of wavelengths …

Plasmon-mediated chemical reactions on nanostructures unveiled by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

C Zhan, XJ Chen, YF Huang, DY Wu… - Accounts of chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Surface plasmons (SPs) originating from the collective oscillation of conduction
electrons in nanostructured metals (Au, Ag, Cu, etc.) can redistribute not only the …

Fundamentals and applications of SERS-based bioanalytical sensing

M Kahraman, ER Mullen, A Korkmaz… - …, 2017 - degruyter.com
Plasmonics is an emerging field that examines the interaction between light and metallic
nanostructures at the metal-dielectric interface. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) …

Hot‐electron‐mediated photochemical reactions: principles, recent advances, and challenges

M Kim, M Lin, J Son, H Xu… - Advanced Optical Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Hot electron chemistry has drawn tremendous attention from applications related to
materials, energy, sensing, and catalysis. The plasmon‐induced generation of hot electrons …

Bimetallic nanostructures: combining plasmonic and catalytic metals for photocatalysis

K Sytwu, M Vadai, JA Dionne - Advances in physics: X, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Light has emerged as a promising new reagent in chemical reactions, especially in
enhancing the performance of metal nanoparticle catalysts. Certain metal nanoparticles …

Disentangling charge carrier from photothermal effects in plasmonic metal nanostructures

C Zhan, BW Liu, YF Huang, S Hu, B Ren… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Plasmon-mediated chemical reactions (PMCRs) constitute a vibrant research field,
advancing such goals as using sunlight to convert abundant precursors such as CO2 and …