Gold nanoparticles: assembly, supramolecular chemistry, quantum-size-related properties, and applications toward biology, catalysis, and nanotechnology

MC Daniel, D Astruc - Chemical reviews, 2004 - ACS Publications
Although gold is the subject of one of the most ancient themes of investigation in science, its
renaissance now leads to an exponentially increasing number of publications, especially in …

Exploitation of localized surface plasmon resonance

E Hutter, JH Fendler - Advanced materials, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in the exploitation of localized surface plasmons (charge density
oscillations confined to metallic nanoparticles and nanostructures) in nanoscale optics and …

Nano-optics of surface plasmon polaritons

AV Zayats, II Smolyaninov, AA Maradudin - Physics reports, 2005 - Elsevier
A surface plasmon polariton (SPP) is an electromagnetic excitation existing on the surface of
a good metal. It is an intrinsically two-dimensional excitation whose electromagnetic field …

On the universal scaling behavior of the distance decay of plasmon coupling in metal nanoparticle pairs: a plasmon ruler equation

PK Jain, W Huang, MA El-Sayed - Nano letters, 2007 - ACS Publications
Localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPR) in lithographically fabricated gold (Au)
nanodisc pairs are investigated using microabsorption spectroscopy and electrodynamic …

Review of some interesting surface plasmon resonance-enhanced properties of noble metal nanoparticles and their applications to biosystems

PK Jain, X Huang, IH El-Sayed, MA El-Sayed - Plasmonics, 2007 - Springer
Noble metal, especially gold (Au) and silver (Ag) nanoparticles exhibit unique and tunable
optical properties on account of their surface plasmon resonance (SPR). In this review, we …

Plasmon coupling in nanorod assemblies: optical absorption, discrete dipole approximation simulation, and exciton-coupling model

PK Jain, S Eustis, MA El-Sayed - The Journal of Physical …, 2006 - ACS Publications
The shape anisotropy of nanorods gives rise to two distinct orientational modes by which
nanorods can be assembled, ie, end-to-end and side-by-side, analogous to the well-known …

Interfaces: nanometric dielectrics

TJ Lewis - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
The incorporation of nanometric size particles in a matrix to form dielectric composites
shows promise of materials (nanodielectrics) with new and improved properties. It is argued …

Femtosecond imaging of surface plasmon dynamics in a nanostructured silver film

A Kubo, K Onda, H Petek, Z Sun, YS Jung, HK Kim - Nano letters, 2005 - ACS Publications
Light interacting with nanostructured metals excites the collective charge density fluctuations
known as surface plasmons (SP). Through excitation of the localized SP eigenmodes …

Directional photofluidization lithography: micro/nanostructural evolution by photofluidic motions of azobenzene materials

S Lee, HS Kang, JK Park - Advanced Materials, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This review demonstrates directional photofluidization lithography (DPL), which makes it
possible to fabricate a generic and sophisticated micro/nanoarchitecture that would be …

[HTML][HTML] Surface plasmon-enhanced photochemical reactions

K Ueno, H Misawa - Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C …, 2013 - Elsevier
The electromagnetic field enhancement effect based on the excitation of localized surface
plasmon resonance was developed for various photochemical reaction systems, such as …