Nature - Earth-abundant plasmonic catalysts for ammonia decomposition.

Nature - The operando imaging of the early formation stages of covalent organic frameworks with the optical technique interferometric scattering microscopy leads to mechanistic insights, enabling...

Nature Catalysis - Plasmonic composites have potential for photocatalytic conversions using solar light; however, complex interactions between light and the components are poorly understood. Here,...

The chirality transfer from light to matter was explored by proceeding with the plasmon-driven chemical reaction involving chirally distributed hot electrons with achiral Au nanoparticles and...

Plasmonic catalysts have the potential to accelerate and control chemical reactions with light by exploiting localized surface plasmon resonances. However, the mechanisms governing plasmonic cataly...

The in-tandem catalyst holds great promise for addressing the limitation of low *CO coverage on Cu-based materials for selective C2H4 generation during CO2 electroreduction. However, the potential...

The European Research Council (ERC) has announced another 102 Proof of Concept grants, bringing the total number of researchers receiving such funding to 240 in last year’s three competition rounds....

Plasmonic nanoparticles can drive chemical reactions powered by sunlight. These processes involve the excitation of surface plasmon resonances (SPR) and the subsequent charge transfer to adsorbed...

Nature Photonics - The strong dispersion of surface phonon polaritons in silicon carbide films is exploited to tailor the orbital angular momentum of phonon polaritons, achieving reconfigurable...

Plasmonic nanoantennas have proven to be efficient transducers of electromagnetic to mechanical energy and vice versa. The sudden thermal expansion of these structures after an ultrafast optical...

Deterministic positioning and assembly of colloidal nanoparticles (NPs) onto substrates is a core requirement and a promising alternative to top-down lithography to create functional nanostructures...

The size effect in semiconductor photocatalysis has been widely investigated but still remains elusive. Herein, employing p-type Cu2O nanocubes as the heterogeneous photocatalysts, we propose a...

Strong hot-spots can facilitate photocatalytic reactions potentially providing effective solar-to-chemical energy conversion pathways. Although it is well-known that the local electromagnetic field...

Our 2021 Emerging Investigators themed issue gathers some of the best research being conducted by scientists in the early stages of their independent career. Each contributor was recommended as...

An improved SERS metasurfaces platform is developed that leverages the unique combination of semiconductor titanium oxide (TiO2) and the emerging physical concept of optical bound states in the...

Broadband solar light harvesting plays a crucial role for efficient energy conversion. Anapole excitations and associated absorption engineering in dielectric nanoresonators are a focus of nanophot...

The carbon–carbon (C–C) bond formation is essential for the electroconversion of CO2 into high-energy-density C2+ products, and the precise coupling pathways remain controversial. Although recent...

Photo-induced enhanced Raman spectroscopy (PIERS) has emerged as a highly sensitive surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) technique for the detection of ultra-low concentrations of organic...

Plasmonic nanoparticles present strong photothermal responses, but precisely measuring their temperature is challenging. Anti Stokes thermometry is a label-free technique that is mostly applied to...

Understanding metal–semiconductor interfaces is critical to the advancement of photocatalysis and sub-bandgap solar energy harvesting where electrons in the metal can be excited by sub-bandgap...

Arsenic is one of the most toxic elements present in natural waters, and prolonged ingestion causes severe damage to health. Its oxidation from highly toxic As(III) to less harmful species involving...

Even in ultralow quantities, oxygen vacancies (VO) drastically impact key properties of metal oxide semiconductors, such as charge transport, surface adsorption, and reactivity, playing central roles...

Here, we provide a snapshot of exciting work published in materials science and chemistry. From new forms of matter to well-known materials, topics include ...

Geometrical arrangement of both the plasmonic and the catalytic components on bimetallic nanocatalysts strongly influences the activation of the catalytic constituent. The inherent absorption of Pd...

Even in ultralow quantities, oxygen vacancies (VO) drastically impact key properties of metal oxide semiconductors, such as charge transport, surface adsorption, and reactivity, playing central roles...

The use of nanoplasmonics to control light and heat close to the thermodynamic limit enables exciting opportunities in the field of plasmonic catalysis. The decay of plasmonic excitations creates...

Cu nanoneedles induce ultrahigh local K+ concentration (4.22 M), breaking the K+ solubility limit (3.5 M). This enables a highly efficient CO2RR in 3 M KCl at pH=1, with a FEC2+ of 90.69±2.15 % at...

Bimetallic nanoreactors in which a plasmonic metal is used to funnel solar energy toward a catalytic metal have recently been studied experimentally, but a detailed theoretical understanding of these...