The vivid optical properties of noble metal nanoparticles have been an object of fascination
since ancient times. The ruby red of stained glass windows arises from gold nanoparticles …

The past several decades have seen tremendous advances in metal nanoparticle research.
This field involves workers from many different areas, including materials scientists …

Heavy-metal (Cd, Hg, and Pb)-containing semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) have been
explored widely due to their unique optical and electrical properties. However, the toxicity …

Nanoparticles of noble metals belong to the most extensively studied colloidal systems in
the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Due to continuing progress in the synthesis of …

Nanowires supporting propagating surface plasmons can function as nanowaveguides to
realize the light guiding with field confinement beyond the diffraction limit, providing …

Nanoparticle plasmonics is a rapidly emerging research field that deals with the fabrication
and optical characterization of noble metal nanoparticles of various size, shape, structure …

Understanding and modeling of a surface-plasmon phenomenon on lossy metals interfaces
based on simplified models of dielectric function lead to problems when confronted with …

We report the experimental and theoretical study of the dispersive behavior of surface
plasmon polaritons (SPPs) on cylindrical metal surfaces in the terahertz frequency range …

Gold nanorods (NRs) have plasmon‐resonant absorption and scattering in the near‐infrared
(NIR) region, making them attractive probes for in vitro and in vivo imaging. In the cellular …

A rapid and readily reproducible seed‐based method for the production of high quality silver
nanoprisms in high yield is presented. The edge‐length and the position of the main …