Gold nanorods (NRs), pseudo-one-dimensional rod-shaped nanoparticles (NPs), have
become one of the burgeoning materials in the recent years due to their anisotropic shape …

Metallic nanoparticles supporting a localized surface plasmon resonance have emerged as
promising platforms for nanoscopic labels, sensors, and (photo-) catalysts. To use …

A detailed understanding of the interaction between molecules and plasmonic
nanostructures is important for several exciting developments in (bio) molecular sensing and …

Conspectus Historically, molecular spectroscopists have focused their attention to the right-
hand side of the Schrödinger equation. Our major goal had and still has to do with …

Optical field localization at plasmonic tip–sample nanojunctions has enabled high-spatial-
resolution chemical analysis through tip-enhanced linear optical spectroscopies, including …

Surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) are travelling surface waves that have shown promise
for applications in nanophotonics as they provide a direct route toward photon-mediated …

We record local optical field images of silver nanocubes (75 nm) using tip-enhanced Raman
(TER) spectral imaging. The images that we observe are consistent with several recent …

We achieve record spatial resolution in ambient tip-enhanced photoluminescence (TEPL)
from CdSe/ZnS semiconductor quantum dots (QDs). Our approach only takes advantage of …

Realizing in situ simultaneous measurement of full vibrational modes in tip-enhanced
Raman spectroscopy (TERS) is of immense importance for improving the ability of …

Four-wave mixing at plasmonic tip–sample nanojunctions may be used to visualize
plasmonic fields with sub-2 nm spatial resolution under ambient laboratory conditions. We …