PCCP themed issue: Optical studies of single metal nanoparticles
Guest Editors: Greg Hartland (University of Notre Dame), Hiromi Okamoto (Institute of Molecular Science),
Michel Orrit and Peter Zijlstra (Leiden University)
Submission Deadline: 17 September 2012
We are delighted to announce the high-profile themed issue ‘Optical studies of single metal nanoparticles’. It is our pleasure to invite you to submit to this themed issue.
The themed issue will be published in PCCP in early 2013 and will be extensively promoted throughout the year to maximise the visibility of the work published.
The optical detection of individual metal nanoparticles has rapidly expanded since the first reports in the late 1990s. Synthesis, detection methods, spectroscopy and applications all have progressed and contributed to this expansion. Interrogation of single metal particles eliminates ensemble averaging, and yields valuable new information about dynamics and homogeneous lifetimes.
In the past few years several exciting applications have emerged specifically aimed at using single metal particles.
Topics covered by this themed issue include:
- microscopy techniques
- scattering, absorption and extinction
- photoluminescence
- nonlinear optical signals
- applications to assembly, sensing, manipulation, and tracking
| Submit in any reasonable format using our online submissions service
Communications and full papers of high quality original, unpublished research will be considered All submissions are subject to rigorous peer review Please indicate upon submission it is intended for this themed issue |
