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  • Advanced Functional Materials, 2025

    • Multiscale Catalyst Design for Oxygen Evolution

    Angewandte Chemie, 2025

    • Non-Precious Metal Catalysts for Oxidation Reactions

    Nature Communications, 2025

    • Lanthanide Single-Atom Catalysts

    Nature Catalysis, 2025

    • Enhanced Hole Mobility in Metal-Oxide Semiconductors

    Nano Letters, 2025

    • Phonons in GaP Nanoantennas

    Advanced Science, 2025

    • Yolk-Shell Microreactors for C-F Bond Breaking

    Nature, 2024

    • Imaging COF formation with iSCAT

    Nature Physics, 2024

    • Fundamentals of Plasmon-Molecule Interactions

    Nature Photonics, 2024

    • Photonics for Climate Change

    ACS Nano, 2024

    • Impact of SERS in Catalysis and Energy

    Nature Photonics, 2024

    • Diversity in Photonics

    Science Advances, 2024

    • Tracking surface charge dynamics in nanoparticles

    Nature Communications, 2024

    • Hydrogen generation + Microplastics Degradation

    Communications Chemistry, 2024

    • Editorial on Plasmonic Chemistry

    Angew. Chem., 2024

    • 2D COFs with a Cu catalyst

    ACS Nano, 2024

    • Plasmonic Antennas at Low Termperatures

    Advanced Energy Materials, 2024

    • Ion-Transport in Zinc Anodes for Batteries

    Environmental Sci & Technology, 2024

    • Adsorption Configuration in Photocatalysis

    J. Colloid & Interface Science, 2024

    • Heterojunctions for Red Photocatalysis

    ACS App. Mat. & Interfaces, 2024

    • Bimetallic SERS Platform

    J. Phys. Chem C, 2024

    • Arsenic Assisted-Removal with Plasmonic Photocatalysts

    Nanophotonics, 2024

    • Si quasi-BICs for four wave-mixing

    Angew. Chem., 2024

    • Lattice oxygen activation for OER

    Nano Letters, 2024

    • Focusing Phonons

    Nature Communications, 2024

    • Role of Crystal Facets in Plasmonic Catalysis

    ACS Photonics, 2024 – Cover

    • Special Issue Photonics for Energy

    ACS Photonics, 2024

    • Special Issue on Photonics for Energy - Editorial

    Nature Photonics, 2024

    • Lowloss Polaritonic Vortices

    Adv. Opt. Mat. 2024

    • SERS with a dielectric BIC metasurface

    Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed., 2024

    • Chirality transfer from light to matter

    ACS Nano, 2024 – Cover

    • Plasmonic Catalysis at the Single Molecule Level

    ACS Nano, 2024

    • Plasmonic Catalysis at the Single Molecule Level

    JACS, 2024

    • Potential Alignment in Tandem Catalyst

    Nature Catalysis, 2023 – Cover

    • Plasmonic Hydrogen

    Nature Catalysis, 2023

    • Plasmonic Hydrogen

    Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed., 62, 46, 2023

    • Frontispiece: 100% decomposition of perfluorocarbons.

    ACS Photonics, 2023

    • Acoustic phonons for sensing thin films

    ACS Photonics, 2023

    • Theory of plasmonic bimetallic catalysts

    Advanced Optical Materials, 2301496, 2023

    • Nanothermometry of plasmonic ensambles

    Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed., e202309351, 2023

    • Cu Nanoneedles Induce Ultrahigh Local K+ Concentrations

    Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 2023

    • Photo-induced SERS for Monitoring Photocatalysis

    Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed., e202305651, 2023

    • New strategy to degrade 100% of Tetrafluoromethane (CF4)

    ACS Catalysis, 2023

    • Electronic Optimization of Cu Oxide Nanocubes for Carbon Dioxide Photoreduction

    Chemical Reviews 123, 13, 8488–8529, 2023 – Cover

    • Direct Bottom-up Growth of Plasmonic Nanoparticles

    Nature Communications, 4, 3813, 2023

    • Nanothermometry of Single Plasmonic Nanocatalysts

    App. Phys. Rev., 2023

    • Advances in Ultrafast Plasmonics

    ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2023

    • Ultrafast dynamics of hot-carriers in TiON interfaces

    Chemical Reviews, 2023

    • In-situ Growth of Plasmonic Platforms

    Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed., 2023 – Cover

    • Atomically Local Electric Field Hotspots Induce Water Reorientation

    J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 14, 3749, 2023

    • Fe−N−C Catalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

    Nano Letters, 23, 2883, 2023

    • Plasmonic Catalysis Kinetics on Single Hot-spots

    Advanced Functional Materials, 2300411, 2023

    • In Situ Characterization of Electrochemical Interfaces Using Metasurface-driven SEIRAS

    Advanced Materials, 2300695, 2023

    • Electron Localization at Ca Sites for CO2 Electroreduction to CO

    Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 40, 1196, 2023

    • Review On Photon-to-phonon Energy Conversion with Plasmonic Nanoantennas

    Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed., e202300873, 2023

    • Atomically Local Electric Field Induces Interface Water Reorientation

    ACS Nano, 17, 3119, 2023

    • Interface-dependent Selectivity in Plasmon-driven Chemical Reactions

    Nature, 614, 230, 2023

    • Sustainable Plasmonic Catalysis

    Chemistry–A European Journal, 29, e202203152, 2023

    • Highly Selective Monomethylation of Amines

    Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed., 62, e2022170, 2023

    • Subsurface-induced Fermi level de-pinning in metal oxide semiconductors

    Environmental Science: Nano, 10, 166, 2023

    • Photocatalytic Oxidation and Removal of Arsenic with Hybrid-plasmonic Nanoparticles

    ACS Nano, 17, 411, 2023

    • Ag Nanoneedle Arrays for Efficient Ammonia Synthesis

    Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed., 61,  e202212640, 2022

    • Atomic Near-fields Mapped by TEM

    ACS Photonics, 9, 11, 2022

    • Phonon-polariton Dispersion in Free-standing SiC Membranes

    Nature Communications, 13, 6082, 2022

    • Improving the Electronic Structure of Single-atom Catalysts

    Advanced Photonics Research, 2200111, 2022

    • Symmetry-breaking Coupler in Dielectric Metasurfaces

    ACS Nano, 16, 8, 2022

    • TiO2 Catalytic BiC-metasurfaces

    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144, 32, 2022

    • Selective Single-atom Catalysts for H2O2 Production

    Nano Letters, 22, 6276, 2022

    • Ag Nanoneedles for Enhanced CO2 to CO Conversion

    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144, 14005, 2022

    • Mechanistic Insights towards C2 Products in CO2 Electroreduction

    Advanced Functional Materials, 2203418, 2022

    • Plasmonic Bimetallic Colloids for H2 Generation

    Chemical Reviews, 122, 19, 2022

    • Metasurfaces for Energy Conversion

    European Physical Journal D, 76, 109, 2022

    • Imaging Near-field Induced Reactions

    Optica, 9, 551, 2022

    • Nanoscale Control of Electric Field to Induce Chemical Reactions

    Advanced Optical Materials, 10, 2200397, 2022

    • Controlling Reaction Pathways in Plasmonic Chemistry

    Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 306, 5 (121093), 2022

    • Tuning the Electronic Properties of Active Sites in Molecular Catalysts

    Nature Reviews Chemistry, 6, 259, 2022

    • Experimental Techniques in Plasmonic Chemistry

    Advanced Functional Materials, 2111322, 2021

    • Tailoring Molecular Catalysts for CO2 Reduction

    Nano Letters, 22, 5, 2022

    • The Role of Order in CO2 Reduction Reaction

    ACS Photonics, 9, 3, 2022

    • The Central Role of Plasmonic Interfaces

    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144, 7, 2022

    • Promoting C2 Products in CO2 Electroreduction by Combining Electric and Thermal Effects

    ACS Energy Letters, 7, 2, 2022

    • Review on Hybrid Plasmonic Catalysts

    J. Chem. Phys., 156, 034201, 2022

    • Challenges on Optical Printing of Nanoparticles

    Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed., 61, 4 (e202113664), 2022

    • Optimizing Ru Sites for Hydrogen Evolution

    Nano Letters, 21, 24, 2021

    • From Achiral to Chiral Nanoparticles Using Hot-electrons

    ACS Energy Letters, 6, 4273, 2021

    • Tracking Atomic Defects with SERS

    Advanced Energy Materials, 11, 46 (2102877), 2021

    • Metasurfaces for Catalysis

    Nano Letters, 21, 19, 2021

    • Tracking Vacancies Dynamics with Time-resolved AFM

    ACS Photonics, 8, 10, 2021

    • Acoustic Coupling Between Plasmonic Nanoantennas

    Nanophotonics, 10, 17, 2021

    • Engineering Gallium Phosphide Nanophotonics

    Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9, 20024, 2021

    • SERS in Li-ion Batteries

    Nano Letters, 21(15), 6592, 2021

    • Charge Transfer at Plasmonic Interfaces

    ACS Nano, 15(6), 10553, 2021

    • Broadband Hot Electron Generation from Fractals

    Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 42, 1500, 2021

    • CuPd Catalyst for Selective CO2 Electroreduction

    ACS Photonics, 8(5), 1469, 2021

    • Anapole-assisted Absorption Engineering

    Journal of Applied Physics, 129, 150401, 2021

    • Editorial

     ACS Nano, 15, 2, 2021

    • Thermoplasmonics of Single Particles

    Nano Energy, 82, 105767, 2021

    • Energetics of Electrocatalytic Sites in the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER)

    ACS Nano, 14(12), 16202, 2020

    • Perspective

    ACS Nano, 14(12), 17693, 2020

    • Large Scale Patterning of Single Colloids

    ACS Energy Letters, 5, 3881, 2020

    • Energy Conversion by Plasmonic Bimetallic Trimers

    Nanoscale Horizons, 5(11), 1500, 2020

    • Amorphous GaP for Nanophotonics

    Nano Letters, 20, 7627, 2020

    • Detection of Optical Forces of Magnetic Nature

    Science Advances, 6, eabb1821, 2020

    • Electrical Controllable Single Photon Source

     Science Advances, 6, eabb3123, 2020

    • Ultrafast All-optical Modulation at The Anapole Excitation

    J. Chem. Phys., 153, 010401, 2020

    • JCP Special Topic

    ACS Nano, 14, 7, 2020

    • Near-field Imaging of Localized Phonon Polariton Modes

    ACS Photonics, 7(6), 1403, 2020

    • Vibrational Nanoparticle Metrology

    Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed., 59, 5454, 2020

    • Towards Quantitative SERS

    ACS Nano, 14 (2), 2456, 2020

    • Enhanced Photocatalysis via Anapole Excitation

    Advanced Science, 6, 1901841, 2019

    • Monitoring Dynamics of Atomic Defects Using Photo-induced Raman Spectrosocpy

    Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed., 58, 2, 2019

    • Putting Particles into Frames for High Field Hot Spots

    Accounts of Chemical Research, 52, 2525, 2019

    • Our Roadmap for Plasmonic Chemistry

    ACS Photonics, 6, 1466, 2019

    • Multiscale Plasmonic Antennas

    ACS Photonics, 6, 815, 2019

    • Optical Printing of Silicon Nanoparticles

    Nano Letters, 19, 1867, 2019

    • Determining the Energy of Hot Holes in a Plasmon-assisted Chemical Reaction

    Faraday Discussions, 214, 123, 2019

    • Dynamics of Hot Electron Generation

    Faraday Discussions, 214, 73, 2019

    • Monitoring Plasmonic Hot-carrier Chemical Reactions at the Single Particle Level

    Physical Review Letters, 121, 253902, 2018

    • Launching and Detecting Acoustic Surface Waves via Metal Nanoparticle Plasmons

    Science, 362, 28, 2018

    • Plasmonic Chemistry Unlocks New Reaction Pathways

    Nano Letters, 18, 3400, 2018

    • Hot-electron-assisted Super-resolution Imaging of Optical Absorption

    ACS Photonics, 5, 4, 1546, 2018

    • Surface-Enhanced Spectroscopies of a Molecular Monolayer

    J. Phys. Chem. C, 122, 7, 3893, 2018

    • Long-Chain Alkanethiols Surface Structure on Au(111)

    ACS Nano, 12, 2184,2018

    • Molecular Self-assembly Controlled by Hot-electrons

  • Plasmonic Catalysis: From Fundamentals to Applications

    • Integrated Method for Determining Quantum Yield through Combined Microscopy Techniques. C. Gruber, M. Beladi Mousavi, A. Mancini, E. Cortes. EP23207502, 2023.
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    • Advanced optical microscopy for real-time dynamics of energy materials. C. Gruber, F. Gröbmeyer, M. Beladi Mousavi, A. Mancini, E. Cortes. EP23198634, 2023.
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    • Embedding of catalytically active nanoparticles into superstructures of plasmonic nanoparticles to enhance the photocatalytic activity. M. Herran, F. Schulz, E. Cortes. 22 186 109.9. July 2022.
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    • Nano-detection, SERS active surfaces based on multi-scale antennas. N. Tognalli, E. Cortés, E. Calvo, M. E. Vela, A. Fainstein, R. C. Salvarezza. P20100102376. July 2010.

  • PhD Theses

    Yicui Kang

    Simone Vera Ezendam

    Lin Nan

    Matias Herran

    Harriet Amelia Walker

    Thomas Brick

    Master Theses

    2025 Joel P. S. Mascarenhas – Enhancing Polaron Dynamics for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting in BiVO4 MetasurfacesLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Munich, Germany

    2025 Matthis Bünning – Au@Al(OH)3 Nanostructure for Plasmon-Enhanced Direct Lithium Extraction
    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Munich, Germany

    2024 Sebastian Trautschold – Comparative Analysis of Metal Catalyst Films for CO2 Reduction Studies via Surface-Enhanced ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy.
    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Munich, Germany

    2024 Qiancheng Yang – Discovering CO2 Electroreduction Pathways with Sparse Machine Learning Method.

    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Munich, Germany

    2023 Sebastian Langer – Optical and Photoelectrocatalytic Analysis of Copper-Only Metasurfaces towards CO₂ Reduction.
    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Munich, Germany

    2022 Stefan Krühler – Ultrafast Dynamics of Hybrid Nanoparticles for Energy Conversion.
    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Munich, Germany

    2022 Jonas Tittel – Construction of a Transient-Absorption Infrared Spectro-Electrochemical setup.
    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Munich, Germany

    2021 Maximilian Maier – New Strategies for Tracking Kinetics of Photocatalytic Chemical Reactions on the Single-Molecule Level.
    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Munich, Germany

    2021 Franz Gröbmeyer – Imaging of Electrochemical Processes with an Interferometric Scattering Microscope.
    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Munich, Germany

    2021 Yicui Kang – Facet Effect of Au Nanocrystals in Plasmon-assisted Electrocatalysis.
    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Munich, Germany

    2021 Lukas Peter Hetterich – Synthesis and Characterization of Plasmonic Colloidal Dimers.
    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Munich, Germany

    2020 Christoph Gruber – Implementation of an interferometric scattering microscope for imaging nanoscopic processes in perovskite nanomaterials.
    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Munich, Germany

    2020 Florian Goschin – Spectroscopic Temperature Measurements on the Nanoscale.
    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Munich, Germany

    2016 Harriet Walker – Plasmon-mediated Conversion of SilverNanospheres to Triangular Nanoprisms
    Imperial College London (ICL), London, UK

    2016 Uttara Raju – Controlling the assembly of single nanoparticles on 2D substrates
    Imperial College London (ICL),London, UK

    2015 Jack Kenneally – Improving the homogeneity of triangular nanoprisms grown by photo-induced conversion of colloidal silver
    Imperial College London (ICL), London, UK

    2015 Thomas Brick – An Analysis of Wavelength-Guided Growth Mechanisms for Creating a Homogeneous Set of Numerous Colloidal Silver Nanotriangles
    Imperial College London (ICL), London, UK

    2015 Cloudy Carnegie – Improving control over size, shape and position of colloidal nanoparticles grown via plasmon-induced photosynthesis
    Imperial College London (ICL), London, UK

    2014 Hao Chan – Exploring a new method to produce plasmonic bowtie nanoantennas
    Imperial College London (ICL), London, UK

    2014 Matthew Parker – Comparing methods of fabricating bowtie-nanoantennas to change the optical properties of molecules
    Imperial College London (ICL), London, UK

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