About this Research Topic
The art of developing functionalized nanostructured materials exploiting unusual interfacial properties seems to have produced hitherto unknown man-made materials. The subsequent transition to a world of self-organizing systems seems to bring science closer to imitating nature. Spectroscopy is a powerful optical and photonic technique for the study of nanostructured materials. If we measure the spectrum of the color by spectroscopy, we can obtain much more important material information. Particularly, because the frequency of infrared (IR) light matches that of vibrational and rotational motion of molecules, the IR spectrum contains information about the chemical structures and constituents of materials. While IR spectroscopy is a powerful technique that provides molecular information such as chemical structures of analytes, it suffers from low absorption cross-section resulting in low sensitivity and poor signal-to-noise or signal-to-background ratios. To improve the weak signals from molecules, several methods have been developed. Surface-enhanced IR absorption increases IR signals using the surface plasmon resonance at nano-sized metal structures. Plasmonic nanostructures are extremely promising field enhancers in the mid-infrared regime, which effectively confine incoming infrared electromagnetic fields in their vicinity. The same applies to THz and UV-vis spectroscopy. The goal of this Research Topic is to develop new spectroscopic techniques in nanoscale systems. We do hope that researchers from all scientific fields will contribute to our research topic.
We welcome Original Research, Review, Mini Review and Perspective articles on themes including, but not limited to:
• Spectroscopy of Nanomaterials & Nanoparticles
• Nano Photonics, Lasers & Optics
• Spectroscopy of Quantum Dots & Quantum Wells
• Nanostructured systems as sensors in biological and chemical processes
• Spectroscopy approaches in Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology
• Spectroscopic control of Nanofabrication & Nanoprocessing
• Carbon and Graphene Nanotechnology
• Spectroscopic studied of Colloidal Nanocrystals
• Spectroscopy of Bio-Materials
Keywords: IR spectroscopy; THz spectroscopy, UV-vis spectroscopy, Nanomaterials; Nanoparticles; Nanofluidics
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