All forms of energy follow the law of conservation of energy, by which they can be neither
created nor destroyed. Light-to-heat conversion as a traditional yet constantly evolving …

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 …

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

Broadband strong light absorption of unpolarized light over a wide range of angles in a large-
area ultrathin film is critical for applications such as photovoltaics, photodetectors, thermal …

Plasmonic nanomaterials with strong absorption at near-infrared frequencies are promising
photothermal therapy agents (PTAs). The pursuit of high photothermal conversion efficiency …

Solar steam generation is emerging as a promising technology, for its potential in harvesting
solar energy for various applications such as desalination and sterilization. Recent studies …

The nonradiative conversion of light to heat by plasmonic nanostructures, the so‐called
plasmonic photothermal effect, has attracted enormous attention due to their widespread …

Many living organisms track light sources and halt their movement when alignment is
achieved. This phenomenon, known as phototropism, occurs, for example, when plants self …

We have developed a class of blackbody materials, ie, hyperbranched Au plasmonic
blackbodies (AuPBs), of compact sizes (< 50 nm). The AuPBs were prepared in a seedless …

Abstract Epsilon‐near‐zero (ENZ) photonics is the study of light–matter interactions in the
presence of structures with near‐zero permittivity and has been emerging as an important …