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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.

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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

Bromine adsorption on Pt(111), (100), and (110) — an STM study in air and in electrolyte

A Pt single crystal of cylindrical shape (axis II [001]) whose surface exhibits all orientations of the [001] zone has been used to study coupling effects between orientations which exhibit kinetic oscillations in catalytic CO oxidation. On the clean surface, one can distinguish between an orientational range in between (110) and (320) which exhibits a 1×2 reconstruction, a nonreconstructed surface range around (210) and a hex reconstructed surface range around (100). Structural transitions proceed continuously via atomic steps between (110) and (210), while the orientational range extending from (210) to (100) is faceted. With a rotatable Kelvin probe, the orientational dependence of the work function could be followed. The results revealed that the variation of the oxygen sticking coefficient sO2 displays a mirror‐like behavior with respect to the work function variation of the clean surface such that the orientation with the lowest work function (210) exhibits the highest sO2. Kinetic oscillations were...

Kinetic oscillations in catalytic CO oxidation on a cylindrical Pt single crystal surface

For submonolayer coverages of Cs on Ru(0001) surfaces, the Cs-Ru vibration is observed at 7.8 meV (63 ${\mathrm{cm}}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}1}$) by means of high-resolution electron-energy-loss spectroscopy. At Cs coverages near the complete monolayer the adlayer becomes metallic as indicated by screening of the Cs-Ru vibration and the occurrence of an electronic excitation (plasmon) at 580 meV. Coadsorption of CO as well as of oxygen leads to the reappearance of the Cs-Ru vibration and the disappearance of the electronic excitation which is interpreted as a demetallization through chemical interaction with the coadsorbed species.

Adsorbate-induced electronic modification of alkali-metal overlayers.

A hierarchy of transitions to mixed mode oscillation in an electrochemical system

Abstract The adsorption of CO on a clean Pd(lll) surface has been studied by means of low energy electron diffraction (LEED), contact potential measurements and flash desorption. At coverages ㊀ between 1/3 and 1/2 ordered adsorption phases are observed for which structure models are derived. The maximum increase of the work function Δϕ is about 1 eV; Δϕ is proportional to ㊀. Adsorption isotherms have been measured between 100 and 300 °C and the isosteric heat of adsorption Ead has been determined as a function of ㊀. Ead is constant (34 kcal/mole) up to ㊀ = 1/3 and then decreases owing to structural influences and intermolecular interactions.

Gerhard Ertl

Papers

Bromine adsorption on Pt(111), (100), and (110) — an STM study in air and in electrolyte

Kinetic oscillations in catalytic CO oxidation on a cylindrical Pt single crystal surface

Adsorbate-induced electronic modification of alkali-metal overlayers.

A hierarchy of transitions to mixed mode oscillation in an electrochemical system

Adsorption von CO auf einer Palladium(111)-Oberfläche