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most citedChiral Plasmonic Nanostructures Enabled by Bottom-Up Approaches

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physics.optics2021★ 146 cited

Chiral Plasmonic Nanostructures Enabled by Bottom-Up Approaches

Maximilian J. Urban, Chenqi Shen, Xiang-Tian Kong +5

We present a comprehensive review of recent developments in the field of chiral plasmonics. Significant advances have been made recently in understanding the working principles of…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 18 cited

Strong Quantum Confinement Effects and Chiral Excitons in Bio-Inspired ZnO-Amino Acid Co-Crystals

Madathumpady Abubaker Habeeb Muhammed, Marlene Lamers, Verena Baumann +10

Elucidating the underlying principles behind band gap engineering is paramount for the successful implementation of semiconductors in photonic and optoelectronic devices. Recently…

physics.optics2019★ 5 cited

Graphene Induced Large Shift of Surface Plasmon Resonances of Gold Films: Effective Medium Theory for Atomically Thin Materials

Md Kamrul Alam, Chao Niu, Yanan Wang +15

Despite successful modeling of graphene as a 0.34-nm thick optical film synthesized by exfoliation or chemical vapor deposition (CVD), graphene induced shift of surface plasmon res…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 29 cited

Mid-infrared Plasmonic Circular Dichroism Generated by Graphene Nanodisk Assemblies

Xiang-Tian Kong, Runbo Zhao, Zhiming Wang +1

It is very interesting to bring plasmonic circular dichroism spectroscopy to the mid-infrared spectral interval, and there are two reasons for this. This spectral interval is very…

cond-mat.mes-hall2017★ 4 cited

Understanding Hot-Electron Generation and Plasmon Relaxation in Metal Nanocrystals: Quantum and Classical Mechanisms

Lucas V. Besteiro, Xiang-Tian Kong, Zhiming Wang +2

Generation of energetic (hot) electrons is an intrinsic property of any plasmonic nanostructure under illumination. Simultaneously, a striking advantage of metal nanocrystals over…

cond-mat.mes-hall2016★ 113 cited

Plasmonic Nanostars with Hot Spots for Efficient Generation of Hot Electrons under Solar Illumination

Xiang-Tian Kong, Zhiming Wang, Alexander O. Govorov

Nanostars (NSTs) are spiky nanocrystals with plasmonic hot spots. In this study, we show that strong electromagnetic fields localized in the nanostar tips are able to generate larg…