Carbon nitrides and metal nanoparticles: from controlled synthesis to design principles for improved photocatalysis

IF Teixeira, ECM Barbosa, SCE Tsang… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of sunlight to drive chemical reactions via photocatalysis is of paramount
importance towards a sustainable future. Among several photocatalysts, earth-abundant …

Understanding plasmonic catalysis with controlled nanomaterials based on catalytic and plasmonic metals

TP Araujo, J Quiroz, ECM Barbosa… - Current Opinion in Colloid …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recently, it has been established that the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR)
excitation in plasmonic nanoparticles can be put toward the acceleration and control of …

Metal-enhanced fluorescence platforms based on plasmonic ordered copper arrays: wavelength dependence of quenching and enhancement effects

K Sugawa, T Tamura, H Tahara, D Yamaguchi… - ACS …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Ordered arrays of copper nanostructures were fabricated and modified with porphyrin
molecules in order to evaluate fluorescence enhancement due to the localized surface …

Theoretical calculations for localized surface plasmon resonance effects of Cu/TiO2 nanosphere: Generation, modulation, and application in photocatalysis

GY Yao, ZY Zhao, QL Liu, XD Dong… - Solar Energy Materials and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) is considered as one of the effective
strategies to broaden the spectral absorption range and improve quantum conversion …

Single-particle emission spectroscopy resolves d-hole relaxation in copper nanocubes

YY Cai, SSE Collins, MJ Gallagher… - ACS Energy …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Resolving the dynamics of photoexcited d-holes in metallic nanostructures is one step in the
rational design of plasmonic photocatalysis. Here, we track the creation and relaxation of …

Copper nanowire coated carbon fibers as efficient substrates for detecting designer drugs using SERS

V Halouzka, B Halouzkova, D Jirovsky, D Hemzal… - Talanta, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Miniature Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) sensors were fabricated by
coating the carbon fiber microelectrodes with copper nanowires. The coating procedure …

Triangular metal nanoprisms of Ag, Au, and Cu: modeling the influence of size, composition, and excitation wavelength on the optical properties

W Hermoso, TV Alves, CCS de Oliveira, EG Moriya… - Chemical Physics, 2013 - Elsevier
We describe herein a systematic investigation on the optical properties of Ag, Au, and Cu
triangular nanoprisms as a function of size and excitation wavelength using the discrete …

Development of Plasmonic Cu2O/Cu Composite Arrays as Visible- and Near-Infrared-Light-Driven Plasmonic Photocatalysts

K Sugawa, N Tsunenari, H Takeda, S Fujiwara… - Langmuir, 2017 - ACS Publications
We describe efficient visible-and near-infrared (vis/NIR) light-driven photocatalytic properties
of hybrids of Cu2O and plasmonic Cu arrays. The Cu2O/Cu arrays were prepared simply by …

High Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production of Ag@TiO2 with Different Sizes by Simple Chemical Synthesis

X Li, N Sun, Y Bai, Y Yan, T Ouyang, X Wang, X Jiang… - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
The photocatalytic enhancement of sliver-based metals compounded with semiconductor
materials has been demonstrated. However, there are relatively few studies on the effect of …

Fabrication of surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy substrates on solid supports

N Mhlanga, T Domfe, A Skepu - Applied Surface Science, 2019 - Elsevier
In the present work, SERS substrates were successfully prepared on solid supports of silicon
wafer, gold coated and bare-microscope glass slides. The multifaceted substrates consist of …