“Hot” in plasmonics: temperature‐related concepts and applications of metal nanostructures

C Kuppe, KR Rusimova, L Ohnoutek… - Advanced Optical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in nonlinear optics, hot electrons for renewable energy (eg, solar cells and
water‐splitting), acousto‐optics, nanometalworking, nanorobotics, steam generation, and …

Multi-functional gallium arsenide nanoparticles and nanostructures fabricated using picosecond laser ablation

A Mangababu, RSP Goud, C Byram, J Rathod… - Applied Surface …, 2022 - Elsevier
GaAs based nanomaterials have attracted significant attention owing to their applications in
electronic, photonic, and sensing devices. In the present communication, we report on the …

Diffracted beams from metasurfaces: High chiral detectivity by photothermal deflection technique

G Leahu, E Petronijevic, R Li Voti… - Advanced Optical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Measurements of difference in optical interactions between circularly polarized excitations of
opposite handedness (circular dichroism) are highly important for both natural and artificial …

Photo-acoustic detection of chirality in metal-polystyrene metasurfaces

E Petronijević, G Leahu, R Li Voti, A Belardini… - Applied Physics …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Nowadays, nanophotonics aims towards low-cost chip-scale devices that can tailor
electromagnetic properties, one of which is the control of circular polarization at the …

[HTML][HTML] Circular dichroism in low-cost plasmonics: 2D arrays of nanoholes in silver

E Petronijevic, A Belardini, G Leahu, T Cesca… - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Featured Application chirality, plasmonics, enantioselectivity. Abstract Arrays of nanoholes
in metal are important plasmonic devices, proposed for applications spanning from …

[HTML][HTML] Demonstration of extrinsic chirality of photoluminescence with semiconductor-metal hybrid nanowires

T Hakkarainen, E Petronijevic, M Rizzo Piton… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Chiral optical response is an inherent property of molecules and nanostructures, which
cannot be superimposed on their mirror images. In specific cases, optical chirality can be …

Detection of hidden gratings through multilayer nanostructures using light and sound

S Edward, H Zhang, I Setija, V Verrina… - Physical Review …, 2020 - APS
We report on the detection of diffraction gratings buried below a stack of tens of 18-nm-thick
Si O 2 and Si 3 N 4 layers and an optically opaque metal layer, using laser-induced …

Chiral near-field manipulation in Au-GaAs hybrid hexagonal nanowires

E Petronijevic, M Centini, A Belardini, G Leahu… - Optics …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate the control of enhanced chiral field distribution at the surface of hybrid
metallo-dielectric nanostructures composed of self-assembled vertical hexagonal GaAs …

Diatom frustules decorated with zinc oxide nanoparticles for enhanced optical properties

FR Lamastra, ML Grilli, G Leahu, A Belardini… - …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles were synthesized on diatomite (DE) surface by a low
temperature sol gel technique, starting from zinc acetate dihydrate (Zn (CH 3 COO) 2· 2H 2 …

Photoacoustic spectroscopy investigation of zinc oxide/diatom frustules hybrid powders

FR Lamastra, ML Grilli, G Leahu, A Belardini… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Photoacoustic spectroscopy investigation was carried out on ZnO nanoparticles grown at
80° C on porous surface of diatomite (DE) by sol–gel technique, using zinc acetate dihydrate …