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Emilie Ringe and co-authors have comprehensively reviewed recent progress in single particle studies of plasmonic nanostructures. They also highlight the exciting and very interdisciplinary future prospects for this field.

The authors discuss methods of characterisation of single metallic nanoparticles, covering both near-field and far-field approaches. They focus on what can uniquely be learnt from these methods, including the fundamental properties of such particles and their relation to, for example, particle shape and environment. Additionally, they explicate potential applications potential applications, notably in sensing.

Read this timely PCCP Perspective today:

Single nanoparticle plasmonics
Emilie Ringe, Bhavya Sharma, Anne-Isabelle Henry, Laurence D. Marks and Richard P. Van Duyne
DOI: 10.1039/C3CP44574G