Plasmonic effects have been proposed as a solution to overcome the limited light absorption
in thin-film photovoltaic devices, and various types of plasmonic solar cells have been …

Materials research plays a vital role in transforming breakthrough scientific ideas into next‐
generation technology. Similar to the way silicon revolutionized the microelectronics …

Promising designs and experimental realizations of devices with unusual properties in the
field of plasmonics have attracted a great deal of attention over the past few decades …

Plasmonics is a research area merging the fields of optics and nanoelectronics by confining
light with relatively large free‐space wavelength to the nanometer scale‐thereby enabling a …

Underpinned by the advent of metamaterials, transformation optics offers great versatility for
controlling electromagnetic waves to create materials with specially designed properties …

Gold, in both nanoparticle (AuNPs) and ionic forms, has been studied for antibiotic activities.
Some of the organic complexes of Au (I & III) ions are antibacterial. AuNPs are antifungal …

The use of aluminum for plasmonic nanostructures opens up new possibilities, such as
access to short-wavelength regions of the spectrum, complementary metal–oxide …

The plasmon resonances and other optical properties of elemental noble and alkali metal
nanoparticles have generated enormous scientific interest. 1r11 There are numerous …

Metallic nanostructures now play an important role in many applications. In particular, for the
emerging fields of plasmonics and nanophotonics, the ability to engineer metals on …

The field of plasmonics has the potential to enable unique applications in the mid-infrared
(IR) wavelength range. However, as is the case regardless of wavelength, the choice of …