Cancer is the second most common cause of death in the United States, trailing only heart
disease in incidence. Despite significant worldwide investment in research, cancer remains …

Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) has emerged as a leader among label-free
biosensing techniques in that it offers sensitive, robust, and facile detection. Traditional …

1. INTRODUCTION Detection of chemical and biological agents plays a fundamental role in
biomedical, forensic and environmental sciences 1− 4 as well as in anti bioterrorism …

In the last 10 years the field of molecular diagnostics has witnessed an explosion of interest
in the use of nanomaterials in assays for gases, metal ions, and DNA and protein markers …

Recent advances in the exploitation of localized surface plasmons (charge density
oscillations confined to metallic nanoparticles and nanostructures) in nanoscale optics and …

This feature article highlights work from the authors' laboratories on the synthesis, assembly,
reactivity, and optical applications of metallic nanoparticles of nonspherical shape …

Nanomaterials, such as metal or semiconductor nanoparticles and nanorods, exhibit similar
dimensions to those of biomolecules, such as proteins (enzymes, antigens, antibodies) or …

Nanoparticles with unique optical properties, facile surface chemistry, and appropriate size
scale are generating much enthusiasm in molecular biology and medicine. Noble metal …

The intense colors of noble metal nanoparticles have inspired artists and fascinated
scientists for hundreds of years. In this review, we describe refractive index sensing …

We classify the strategies for colloidal assembly and review the diverse potential
applications of micro‐and nanoparticle structures in materials and device prototypes. The …