Conventional lithium-ion batteries, and many next-generation technologies, rely on organic
electrolytes with multiple solvents to achieve the desired physicochemical and interfacial …

Incorporating photonic crystals with nanoplasmonic building blocks gives rise to novel
optoelectronic properties that promise designing advanced multifunctional materials and …

Chirality plays a key role in modern science and technology. Here, we report a simple and
effective sensing platform for visual chiral recognition of enantiomers. In this sensing …

The effects of hydrostatic pressure on the surface plasmon resonances (SPRs) of aqueous
dispersions of monodisperse gold nanorods (AuNRs) were determined up to 9 GPa. The …

Application of dynamic light scattering (DLS) for sizing of non-spherical nanoparticles using
copolarized and cross-polarized components of the scattered light is limited by the …

The localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) effect of aggregating gold nanoparticles
(AuNPs) has facilitated the development of colorimetric biosensors that can potentially be …

Hetero-aggregation refers to aggregation of particles that are not identical ie particles of
different physical-chemical properties. The investigation of this phenomenon is important …

Featured Application Hyperthermia treatment of tumors surrounded by healthy tissues can
be enhanced using radiative heating of embedded gold nanoparticles (GNPs) due to their …

Heteroaggregation of colloids is an important yet complex physical process involving
colloidal/nanosized particles and is relevant in river delta formation, paper-making, water …

The possibility of coherent manipulation of optical and thermal energies in noble metal
nanostructures has given birth to an enduring research arena coined by thermoplasmonics …