Periodic Reporting for period 1 - SPARCLEs (Self-assembled Plasmonic Aggregates for Raman sensing and Catalysis in Liquid Environments)

Metal nanoparticles, when assembled into higher order nanostructures, exhibit unusual optical properties which lend themselves to exciting applications for society such as plasmon-enhanced solar light harvesting (e.g. for solar cells), ultrasensitive chemical and biological...