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 …

Realistic representation of the frequency dependence of dielectric function of noble metals
has a significant impact on the accuracy of description of their optical properties and farther …

Plasmonic phenomena in metals are commonly explored within the framework of classical
electrodynamics and semiclassical models for the interactions of light with free-electron …

Surface‐enhanced infrared absorption (SEIRA) has attracted increasing attention due to the
potential of infrared spectroscopy in applications such as molecular trace sensing of solids …

Understanding and modeling of a surface-plasmon phenomenon on lossy metals interfaces
based on simplified models of dielectric function lead to problems when confronted with …

Alternative materials are required to enhance the efficacy of plasmonic devices. We discuss
the optical properties of a number of alloys, doped metals, intermetallics, silicides, metallic …

Titanium nitride is considered a promising alternative plasmonic material and is known to
exhibit localized surface plasmon resonances within the near-infrared biological …

Lanthanide-doped nanoparticles have great potential for energy conversion applications, as
their optical properties can be precisely controlled by varying the doping composition …

Flexible electronic and photonic devices have been demonstrated in the past decade, with
significant promise in low-cost, light-weighted, transparent, biocompatible, and portable …