Plasmonic Metal Nanostructures

PART I INTRODUCTION OF PLASMONICS 1 INTRODUCTION FOR THIS BOOK 1.1 Human beings never stop exploring light 1.2 Charming metal color 1.3 Natural development of plasmonics 1.4 About this book PART II FUNDAMENTAL AND LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN THE PLASMONICS 2 THEORETICAL BACKGROUNDS OF PLASMONICS 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Drude model for free electron gas 2.3 Dielectric function of the free electron gas 2.4 Surface plasmon polaritons 2.5 Plasmon at metal-vacuum interface 2.6 Excitation and detection of SPP 2.7 Surface plasmon effects 2.8 Summary of this chapter 3 FUNDAMENTAL AND DIELECTRONIC MODIFICATION OF PLASMONIC NANOSTRUCTURES 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Drude-Lorentz model of metal nanoparticles 3.3 Dielectric properties of complex nanostructures 3.4 Optical property analysis of isolated nanoparticles 3.5 Numerical simulation of optical properties 3.6 Coupling nanostructure assembly with high sensitivity 3.7 Conclusion 4 ADVANCED CHARACTERIZATIONS FOR PLASMONIC NANOSTRUCTURES 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Optical property characterization technology 4.3 Electron microscopy 4.4 Conclusion PART III PRECISE PREPARATION OF PLASMONIC NANOSTRUCTURES 5 CORE-SHELL AND POROUS NANORODS WITH HOT SPOTS 5.1 Introduction 5.2 One-dimensional Au nanostructures 5.3 Core-shell nanostructures 5.4 Alloy Au/Ag nanorods 5.5 Porous nanorods 5.6 Yolk-shell nanostructures 5.7 Concluding remarks 6 NANOWIRES FOR CONDUCTIVE FILMS AND ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING 6.1 Introduction 6.2 One-dimensional metal nanowires 6.3 Conductive films 6.4 Conclusion 7 NORMAL AND NOVEL NANOPLATES FOR UNDERSTANDING GROWTH MECHANISM 7.1 Introduction 7.2 General considerations for fcc nanoplates 7.3 Au nanoplates with novel and well-defined shapes 7.4 Summary of this chapter 8 HOLLOW AND OPEN NANOSTRUCTURES WITH ENHANCED ACTIVITY 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Hollow nanostructures 8.3 Open nanostructures 8.4 Optical property of Au NBP-embedded nanostructures 8.5 Conclusion and outlook 9 METAL-SEMICONDUCTOR COMPOSITE NANOSTRUCTURES 9.1 Introduction

Caixia Kan is the professor at College of Science at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in Nanjing, China. She graduated with PhD degree in 2004 from Institute of Solid-State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. In the duration of PhD study, she worked in Max-Planck-Institute of Microstructure Physics on the cooperation of TEM research. Professor Kan was awarded as an excellent teacher and young academic leader in the Qinglan Project of Jiangsu Province in 2008 and 2014, respectively. In 2020, she won the sixth Young Optical Science and Technology Award of Jiangsu Optical Society. Professor Kan has published more than 150 papers about plasmonic metal nanostructure, semiconductor micro/nano structure and optoelectronic devices.