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 …

Incorporating metal nanocrystals with semiconductor photoanodes significantly enhances
the efficiency of the energy conversion in the visible range during water splitting due to the …

Nanogaps as “hot spots” with highly localized surface plasmon can generate ultrastrong
electromagnetic fields. Superior to the exterior nanogaps obtained via aggregation and self …

Liquid-phase transmission electron microscopy (LP-TEM) enables one to directly visualize
the formation of plasmonic nanoparticles and their postsynthetic modification, but the relative …

Using time-dependent orbital-free density functional theory, we performed large-scale
quantum-mechanical simulations to examine localized surface plasmon resonances in …

Localized surface plasmon resonances could yield extreme enhancement of local electric
fields at surfaces of plasmonic nanostructures. Herein, we have performed quantum …

Plasmonic hybrid catalysts have attracted great interest for the reduction of nitrobenzene
waste to valuable aminobenzene, because they can use renewable solar energy to …

Surface scattering of electrons is used to be recognized as a detrimental damping process of
the plasmonic oscillation, whereas such electron‐surface scattering generates hot electrons …

Zinc pyrithione (ZPT) has been widely applied in anti-dandruff cosmetics and anti-fouling
coatings/paints. Recently, the European Union has announced a ban on further ZPT use in …

Plasmonic nanostructures hold great promise in the areas of materials science, chemical
and biological sensing. They have been intensively investigated owing to their desirable …