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Self-assembled monolayers of thiolates on metals as a form of nanotechnology.

Fundamentals of Plasmonics.- Electromagnetics of Metals.- Surface Plasmon Polaritons at Metal / Insulator Interfaces.- Excitation of Surface Plasmon Polaritons at Planar Interfaces.- Imaging Surface Plasmon Polariton Propagation.- Localized Surface Plasmons.- Electromagnetic Surface Modes at Low Frequencies.- Applications.- Plasmon Waveguides.- Transmission of Radiation Through Apertures and Films.- Enhancement of Emissive Processes and Nonlinearities.- Spectroscopy and Sensing.- Metamaterials and Imaging with Surface Plasmon Polaritons.- Concluding Remarks.

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Plasmonics: Fundamentals and Applications

The surface science of titanium dioxide

Self-assembly is the autonomous organization of components into patterns or structures without human intervention. Self-assembling processes are common throughout nature and technology. They involve components from the molecular (crystals) to the planetary (weather systems) scale and many different kinds of interactions. The concept of self-assembly is used increasingly in many disciplines, with a different flavor and emphasis in each.

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/295/5564/2418.full.pdf

Self-assembly at all scales.

Recent developments have greatly improved the sensitivity of optical sensors based on metal nanoparticle arrays and single nanoparticles. We introduce the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) sensor and describe how its exquisite sensitivity to size, shape and environment can be harnessed to detect molecular binding events and changes in molecular conformation. We then describe recent progress in three areas representing the most significant challenges: pushing sensitivity towards the single-molecule detection limit, combining LSPR with complementary molecular identification techniques such as surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, and practical development of sensors and instrumentation for routine use and high-throughput detection. This review highlights several exceptionally promising research directions and discusses how diverse applications of plasmonic nanoparticles can be integrated in the near future.

Biosensing with plasmonic nanosensors

We investigate the influence of rare-gas (Xe, Kr) overlayers on the ultra-fast dynamics of photoexcited electrons in image-potential states on Cu(111). A density matrix calculation using the Liouville-von-Neumann equation gives a fully consistent description of the time-dependent two-photon photoemission process. Our studies provide new insights into electronic dephasing at metal surfaces.

Time-Resolved Two-Color Photoelectron Spectroscopy at Bare and Adsorbate Covered Metal Surfaces

Chemisorption geometry of hydrogen on nickel(111): order and disorder

Zum Inhalt Walther Nernst, an dessen 150. Geburtstag wir erinnern, fuhrte bei seiner Festrede am 2. Juni 1896 anlasslich des fur ihn errichteten Instituts fur physikalische Chemie an der Universitat Gottingen u.a. aus: „Der heutige Tag bildet einen wichtigen Beweis dafur, dass zwischen zwei bisher ziemlich getrennten Wissenschaften eine innige Wiedervereinigung eingetreten ist. In unseren Tagen erganzen sich die Hilfsmittel von Chemie und Physik gegenseitig.“ Der Vortrag soll die wesentlichen wissenschaftlichen Stationen von Walther Nernst beleuchten und davon ausgehend die weitere Entwicklung des von ihm mitbegrundeten Gebiets der physikalischen Chemie skizzieren.

Walther Nernst und die Entwicklung der Physikalischen Chemie

So far, phenomena of self-organization were discussed only for the systems where reacting species were not affected by mutual interactions apart from the reaction itself.

Gerhard Ertl

Papers

Time-Resolved Two-Color Photoelectron Spectroscopy at Bare and Adsorbate Covered Metal Surfaces

Chemisorption geometry of hydrogen on nickel(111): order and disorder

Walther Nernst und die Entwicklung der Physikalischen Chemie

Systems with Interacting Particles and Soft Matter

Mass spectra from Mg clusters in Ar shells