Nanochemistry provides powerful synthetic tools allowing one to combine different materials
on a single nanostructure, thus unfolding numerous possibilities to tailor their properties …

Hybrid nanostructures composed of semiconductor and plasmonic metal components are
receiving extensive attention. They display extraordinary optical characteristics that are …

Gold nanorods have been receiving extensive attention owing to their extremely attractive
applications in biomedical technologies, plasmon-enhanced spectroscopies, and optical …

Nanocrystals (NCs) discussed in this Review are tiny crystals of metals, semiconductors,
and magnetic material consisting of hundreds to a few thousand atoms each. Their size …

The field of plasmonics has become one of the most interesting and active research areas in
nanotechnology, enabling numerous fundamental studies and applications in a variety of …

Multifunctional dual-compartment Janus mesoporous silica nanocomposites of UCNP@
SiO2@ mSiO2&PMO (UCNP= upconversion nanoparticle, PMO= periodic mesoporous …

Although the concept of Janus particles was raised in the early 1990s, the related research
has not attracted considerable interest until recently due to the special properties and …

The combination of nanotechnology and molecular biology has developed into an emerging
research area: nanobiotechnology. Magnetic nanoparticles are well-established …

Colloidal semiconductor–metal nanoheterostructures that combine the light-harvesting
ability of semiconductor nanocrystals with the catalytic activity of small metal nanoparticles …

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