The indispensable requirement for sustainable development of human society has forced
almost all countries to seek highly efficient and cost‐effective ways to harvest and convert …

Plasmonics offer unprecedented control over light and stimulate fundamental research and
engineering applications in solar energy. The surface plasmon resonance is responsible for …

Currently, polymers are competing with metals and ceramics to realize various material
characteristics, including mechanical and electrical properties. However, most polymers …

Plasmonic nanostructures have attracted considerable attention for their ability to couple
with light and provide strong electromagnetic energy confinement at subwavelength …

Multifunctional metasurfaces fusing multiple sets of plasmonic antennas within a single layer
open a new class of functional optical elements with superior integratability. Even though …

Aluminum based energetic nanomaterials attract significant attention for various applications
owing to their ultrahigh energy density. The main obstacle in the application of nano-Al …

Most of existing solar thermal technologies require highly concentrated solar power to
operate in the temperature range 300–600° C. Here, thin films of refractory plasmonic TiN …

The performance of Al as nanoenergetic material in solid fuel propulsion or additive in liquid
fuels is limited by the presence of the native oxide layer at the surface, which represents a …

Broadband absorption of solar light is a key aspect in many applications that involve an
efficient conversion of solar energy to heat. Titanium nitride (TiN)-based materials, in the …

Aluminum nanoparticles (ANPs) are an effective and economical additive in various energy
conversion applications. In the present work, ReaxFF molecular dynamics simulations are …