Noble metal nanoparticles have been extensively studied to understand and apply their
plasmonic responses, upon coupling with electromagnetic radiation, to research areas such …

Abstract Antibody-Gold nanoparticle (Ab-AuNP) bioconjugates are widely used in the field of
biosensing. This prompted researchers to set up various strategies to conjugate antibodies …

Nanoparticles and nanocomposites are used in a wide range of applications in various
fields, such as medicine, textiles, cosmetics, agriculture, optics, food packaging …

1. INTRODUCTION Detection of chemical and biological agents plays a fundamental role in
biomedical, forensic and environmental sciences 1− 4 as well as in anti bioterrorism …

Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) is a longstudied nanoscale phenomenon of
considerable recent interest. 1, 2 These resonances, associated with noble metal …

Coinage metals, such as Au, Ag, and Cu, have been important materials throughout
history.(1) Although in ancient cultures they were admired primarily for their ability to reflect …

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are some of the most extensively studied nanomaterials.
Because of their unique optical, chemical, electrical, and catalytic properties, AuNPs have …

Recent advances in the exploitation of localized surface plasmons (charge density
oscillations confined to metallic nanoparticles and nanostructures) in nanoscale optics and …

Surface plasmons (SPs) are coherent oscillations of conduction electrons on a metal surface
excited by electromagnetic radiation at a metal-dielectric interface. The growing field of …

Recent progress in nano-optics has paved the route toward the development of highly
sensitive and label-free optical transducers using the localized surface plasmon resonance …