Due to strong electric fields at the surface, the absorption and scattering of electromagnetic
radiation by noble metal nanoparticles are strongly enhanced. These unique properties …

Noble metal nanostructures attract much interest because of their unique properties, including
large optical field enhancements resulting in the strong scattering and absorption of light. …

Rapid access to genetic information is central to the revolution taking place in molecular
genetics. The simultaneous analysis of the entire human mitochondrial genome is described …

The use of lasers, over the past few decades, has emerged to be highly promising for cancer
therapy modalities, most commonly the photothermal therapy method, which employs light …

During the past few years significant advances have occurred in the development of cross-coupling
methodology; some of these have emanated from our own labs. Of particular interest …

Gold nanoparticles have been used in biomedical applications since their first colloidal
syntheses more than three centuries ago. However, over the past two decades, their beautiful …

A nanopore-based device provides single-molecule detection and analytical capabilities that
are achieved by electrophoretically driving molecules in solution through a nano-scale pore…

Gold nanoparticles with unique optical properties may be useful as biosensors in living
whole cells. Using a simple and inexpensive technique, we recorded surface plasmon …

Noble metal nanoparticles are capable of confining resonant photons in such a manner as
to induce coherent surface plasmon oscillation of their conduction band electrons, a …

Currently a popular area in nanomedicine is the implementation of plasmonic gold
nanoparticles for cancer diagnosis and photothermal therapy, attributed to the intriguing optical …