Alessandro Alabastri

TL;DR: Nanophotonics-enabled solar membrane distillation (NESMD) is demonstrated, where highly localized photothermal heating induced by solar illumination alone drives the distillation process, entirely eliminating the requirement of heating the input water.

TL;DR: In this article, earth abundant aluminum is embedded in cuprous oxide antenna-reactor heterostructures that operate more effectively and selectively for the reverse water-gas shift reaction under milder illumination than in conventional thermal conditions.

TL;DR: Adiabatic focusing of surface plasmons on a Schottky diode-terminated tapered tip of nanoscale dimensions allows for a plasmon-to-hot-electron conversion efficiency of ∼30% and it is demonstrated that, with such high efficiency, hot electrons can be used for a new nanoscopy technique based on an atomic force microscopy set-up.

TL;DR: A new ultrasensitive infrared antenna designed to bring surface-enhanced infrared absorption (SEIRA) spectroscopy into the few-molecule detection range is reported, which offers a new platform for analyzing the IR vibrations of minute quantities of molecules and lends insight into the ultimate limit of single-Molecule SEIRA detection.

TL;DR: This Perspective spans first-principles theory and computation of correlated and far-from-equilibrium light-matter interactions, synthesis of new nanoplasmonic hybrids, and new steady-state and ultrafast spectroscopic probes of interactions in plasmoning catalysis, recognizing the key contributions of each discipline in realizing the promise of plAsmonic catalysis.