Manuel Lopes

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors systematically studied resonant light scattering from electron-beam lithographically produced gold nanowires (nanostripes) with diameters in the 100 nm range and with various lengths below 1 to about 2.5μm.

TL;DR: In this paper, the thermal and photo-induced switching properties of the recently published molecular spin crossover complex [Fe(H4L)2](ClO4)2·H2O·2(CH3)2CO) have been investigated in detail through Raman spectroscopy.

TL;DR: In this paper, optical microscopic imaging of a first-order phase transition induced by a nanosecond laser pulse (532 nm) in a single crystal of the molecular spin-crossover complex is presented.

TL;DR: Results show that molecular spin state switching can be very efficiently triggered by the photo-thermal effect, which - in turn - allows for an active tuning of the plasmon resonance.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined different optical spectroscopic approaches for the detection of spin-state changes in nanometric films and found that conventional light absorption measurements can be used down to the nanometer thickness if the oscillator strength of the transition is high, which is often the case for charge transfer transitions in the ultraviolet range.