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Silver Nanowires for Plasmon Induced Enhancement of Optical Absorption in Thin-Film Silicon Solar Cells

Mailhes R., Institut des Nanotechnologies de Lyon (INL), FR

Plasmonic effects for photovoltaics are investigated through this communication. We present here an innovative design with integrated silver nanocylinders located at the rear side of a thin crystalline silicon cell. Numerical simulations (FDTD) show that [...]

Noble metal nanoparticles for plasmonic photothermal therapy of atherosclerosis

Kharlamov A., Gabinsky J., Erasmus University Medical Center, NL

Background: Our previous bench studies PLASMONICS and NANOM First-in-Man trial documented TAV reduction up to unprecedented 79.4 and 60.3 mm3 respectively with high level of safety and feasibility. Methods: The completed randomized two arm (1:1) [...]

Plasmonic Enhanced Chiral Metamaterials

Alali F., Kim Y.H., Furlani E.P., University at Buffalo, US

Metamaterials are artificial materials that are engineered to produce various interesting phenomena such as negative refractivity and sub-diffraction-limit imaging. The majority of metamaterials for THz applications have been fabricated using “top-down” techniques. These methods tend [...]

Plasmonic nanophotonics and its applications

Chen K.R., Hong J.S., Goncharenko A.V., National Cheng Kung University, TW

Study of surface plasmnon polariton (SPP) effect is a fundamental scientific cross-disciplinary research area with academic importance and critical application potential. We discuss methods for the manipulation of light and plasmonic properties with nanostructures. With [...]

Modeling Nanoscale Plasmon-assisted Bubble Nucleation and Applications

Furlani E.P., Swihart M.T., Litchinitser N., Delametter C.N., Carter M., University at Buffalo, US

Metallic nanoparticles exhibit a plasmon resonance at optical frequencies that enables efficient conversion of optical to thermal energy at the nanoscale. This photothermal coupling can be leveraged for various applications using femtosecond-pulsed laser illumination tuned [...]

Plasmonic Enhancement in InGaN/GaN MQW System with Au Nanoparticles

Llopis A., Lin J., Neogi A., Pereira S.M.S., University of North Texas, US

In this article we report experimental evidence of plasmon based enhancement of an InGaN/GaN MQW system using Au nanocrystals. Enhancement of the main peak along with a blue-shift and change in the angle dependent PL [...]