Plasmonic nanostructures possessing unique and versatile optoelectronic properties have
been vastly investigated over the past decade. However, the full potential of plasmonic …

Active plasmonics is a burgeoning and challenging subfield of plasmonics. It exploits the
active control of surface plasmon resonance. In this review, a first-ever in-depth description …

The interaction between light and matter can be controlled efficiently by structuring materials
at a length scale shorter than the wavelength of interest. With the goal to build optical …

Responsive optical nanomaterials that can sense and translate various external stimuli into
optical signals, in the forms of observable changes in appearance and variations in spectral …

DNA is one of the most fascinating biopolymers. Besides its central role as carrier of genetic
information and translation of the genetic code into proteins, DNA holds great promise as a …

The field of plasmonics has become one of the most interesting and active research areas in
nanotechnology, enabling numerous fundamental studies and applications in a variety of …

Aggregation appears to be a ubiquitous phenomenon among all nanoparticles and its
influence in mediating cellular uptake and interactions remain unclear. Here we developed …

Chirality in nanoscience may offer new opportunities for applications beyond the traditional
fields of chirality, such as the asymmetric catalysts in the molecular world and the chiral …

The self-assembly of nanoscale elements into three-dimensional structures with precise
shapes and sizes is important in fields such as nanophotonics, metamaterials and …

Label-free in situ surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) monitoring of reactions
catalyzed by small gold nanoparticles using rationally designed plasmonic superstructures …