Nanophotonic approaches for chirality sensing

LA Warning, AR Miandashti, LA McCarthy, Q Zhang… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Chiral nanophotonic materials are promising candidates for biosensing applications
because they focus light into nanometer dimensions, increasing their sensitivity to the …

Review of recent progress of plasmonic materials and nano-structures for surface-enhanced Raman scattering

AX Wang, X Kong - Materials, 2015 - mdpi.com
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has demonstrated single-molecule sensitivity
and is becoming intensively investigated due to its significant potential in chemical and …

Optical antenna thermal emitters

JA Schuller, T Taubner, ML Brongersma - Nature Photonics, 2009 - nature.com
Optical antennas are a critical component in nanophotonics research and have been used
to enhance nonlinear, and Raman cross-sections and to make nanoscale optical probes. In …

Tailoring plasmonic substrates for surface enhanced spectroscopies

S Lal, NK Grady, J Kundu, CS Levin… - Chemical Society …, 2008 - pubs.rsc.org
Our understanding of how the geometry of metallic nanostructures controls the properties of
their surface plasmons, based on plasmon hybridization, is useful for developing high …

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic study of p-aminothiophenol

YF Huang, DY Wu, HP Zhu, LB Zhao, GK Liu… - Physical Chemistry …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
p-aminothiophenol (PATP) is an important molecule for surface-enhanced Raman
spectroscopy (SERS). It can strongly interact with metallic SERS substrates and produce …

Surface Catalytic Coupling Reaction of p-Mercaptoaniline Linking to Silver Nanostructures Responsible for Abnormal SERS Enhancement: A DFT Study

DY Wu, XM Liu, YF Huang, B Ren, X Xu… - The Journal of Physical …, 2009 - ACS Publications
p-Mercaptoaniline (pMA, it is often called p-aminothiophenol (PATP)) can form self-
assembled monolayer (SAM) through its thiol group on metal surfaces. It is also an important …

Selective excitation of individual plasmonic hotspots at the tips of single gold nanostars

C Hrelescu, TK Sau, AL Rogach, F Jäckel… - Nano Letters, 2011 - ACS Publications
Plasmonic hotspots in single gold nanostars are located at the tips and can be excited
selectively by laser light as evidenced by photoelectron emission microscopy. Selectivity is …

On the use of plasmonic nanoparticle pairs as a plasmon ruler: the dependence of the near-field dipole plasmon coupling on nanoparticle size and shape

C Tabor, R Murali, M Mahmoud… - The Journal of Physical …, 2009 - ACS Publications
The localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) spectral band of a gold or silver
nanoparticle is observed to shift as a result of the near-field plasmonic field of another …

Single gold nanostars enhance Raman scattering

C Hrelescu, TK Sau, AL Rogach, F Jäckel… - Applied Physics …, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
Raman scattering from single gold nanostars coated with self-assembled monolayers of 4-
mercaptobenzoic acid is observed. The Raman signal can be detected without the need of …

Optical trapping and manipulation of plasmonic nanoparticles: fundamentals, applications, and perspectives

AS Urban, S Carretero-Palacios, AA Lutich… - Nanoscale, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
This feature article discusses the optical trapping and manipulation of plasmonic
nanoparticles, an area of current interest with potential applications in nanofabrication …