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From photoinduced to dark cytotoxicity via an octahedral cluster hydrolysis (2018)
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Svezhentseva, E. V., Vorotnikov, Y. A., Solovieva, A. O., Pozmogova, T. N., Eltsov, I. V., Ivanov, A. A., Evtushok, D. V., Miroshnichenko, S. M., Yanshole, V. V., Eling, C. J., Adawi, A. M., Bouillard, J. S. G., Kuratieva, N. V., Fufaeva, M. S., Shestopalova, L. V., Mironov, Y. V., Efremova, O. A., & Shestopalov, M. A. (2018). From photoinduced to dark cytotoxicity via an octahedral cluster hydrolysis. Chemistry: a European journal, 24(68), 17915-17920. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201804663

Octahedral molybdenum and tungsten clusters have potential biological applications in photodynamic therapy and bioimaging. However, poor solubility and hydrolysis stability of these compounds hinder their application. The first water-soluble photolum... Read More about From photoinduced to dark cytotoxicity via an octahedral cluster hydrolysis.

Conjugated, rod-like viologen oligomers: Correlation of oligomer length with conductivity and photoconductivity (2018)
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Chen, L., Vivier, E., Eling, C. J., Babra, T. S., Bouillard, J. S. G., Adawi, A. M., Benoit, D. M., Hartl, F., Colquhoun, H. M., Efremova, O. A., & Greenland, B. W. (2018). Conjugated, rod-like viologen oligomers: Correlation of oligomer length with conductivity and photoconductivity. Synthetic Metals, 241, 31-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.synthmet.2018.03.019

© 2018 An iterative synthesis has been used to produce conjugated, monodisperse, viologen-based aromatic oligomers containing up to 12 aromatic/heterocyclic rings. The methoxy-substituted oligomers were soluble in common organic solvents and could be... Read More about Conjugated, rod-like viologen oligomers: Correlation of oligomer length with conductivity and photoconductivity.

Determining molecular orientation via single molecule SERS in a plasmonic nano-gap (2017)
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Marshall, A. R. L., Stokes, J., Viscomi, F. N., Proctor, J. E., Gierschner, J., Bouillard, J.-S. G., & Adawi, A. M. (2017). Determining molecular orientation via single molecule SERS in a plasmonic nano-gap. Nanoscale, 9(44), 17415-17421. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7NR05107G

In this work, plasmonic nano-gaps consisting of a silver nanoparticle coupled to an extended silver film have been fully optimized for single molecule Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) spectroscopy. The SERS signal was found to be strongly dep... Read More about Determining molecular orientation via single molecule SERS in a plasmonic nano-gap.

Magnetic control of MOF crystal orientation and alignment (2017)
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Cheng, F., Marshall, E. S., Young, A. J., Robinson, P. J., Bouillard, J. S. G., Adawi, A. M., Vermeulen, N. A., Farha, O. K., Reithofer, M. R., & Chin, J. M. (2017). Magnetic control of MOF crystal orientation and alignment. Chemistry: a European journal, 23(62), 15578-15582. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201703812

Most metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) possess anisotropic properties, the full exploitation of which necessitates a general strategy for the controllable orientation of such MOF crystals. Current methods largely rely upon layer-by-layer MOF epitaxy or... Read More about Magnetic control of MOF crystal orientation and alignment.

Universal switching of plasmonic signals using optical resonator modes (2017)
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McPolin, C. P., Olivier, N., Bouillard, J.-S., O'Connor, D. P., Krasavin, A. V., Dickson, W., Wurtz, G. A., & Zayats, A. V. (2017). Universal switching of plasmonic signals using optical resonator modes. Light Science & Applications, 6(6), e16237. https://doi.org/10.1038/lsa.2016.237

We propose and investigate, both experimentally and theoretically, a novel mechanism for switching and modulating plasmonic signals based on a Fano interference process, which arises from the coupling between a narrow-band optical Fabry-Pérot cavity... Read More about Universal switching of plasmonic signals using optical resonator modes.

Dual-modal SERS/fluorescence AuNP probe for mitochondrial imaging (2017)
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Eling, C. J., Price, T. W., Marshall, A. R. L., Narda Viscomi, F., Robinson, P., Firth, G., Adawi, A. M., Bouillard, J.-S. G., & Stasiuk, G. J. (2017). Dual-modal SERS/fluorescence AuNP probe for mitochondrial imaging. ChemPlusChem, 82(5), 674-680. https://doi.org/10.1002/cplu.201600593

A novel SERS/fluorescent multimodal imaging probe for mitochondria has been synthesised using 12 nm diameter gold nanoparticles (AuNP) surface functionalised with a rhodamine thiol derivative ligand. The normal pH dependant acidic fluorescence of the... Read More about Dual-modal SERS/fluorescence AuNP probe for mitochondrial imaging.

Integrated plasmonic circuitry on a vertical-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor laser platform (2016)
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McPolin, C. P., Bouillard, J.-S., Vilain, S., Krasavin, A. V., Dickson, W., O'Connor, D., Wurtz, G. A., Justice, J., Corbett, B., & Zayats, A. V. (2016). Integrated plasmonic circuitry on a vertical-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor laser platform. Nature communications, 7, 12409. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12409

Integrated plasmonic sources and detectors are imperative in the practical development of plasmonic circuitry for bio- and chemical sensing, nanoscale optical information processing, as well as transducers for high-density optical data storage. Here... Read More about Integrated plasmonic circuitry on a vertical-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor laser platform.

Boundary effects in finite size plasmonic crystals: Focusing and routing of plasmonic beams for optical communications (2015)
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Benetou, M. I., Bouillard, J.-S., Segovia, P., Dickson, W., Thomsen, B. C., Bayvel, P., & Zayats, A. V. (2015). Boundary effects in finite size plasmonic crystals: Focusing and routing of plasmonic beams for optical communications. Nanotechnology, 26(44), Article ARTN 444001. https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/26/44/444001

Plasmonic crystals, which consist of periodic arrangements of surface features at a metal-dielectric interface, allow the manipulation of optical information in the form of surface plasmon polaritons. Here we investigate the excitation and propagatio... Read More about Boundary effects in finite size plasmonic crystals: Focusing and routing of plasmonic beams for optical communications.

Shaping plasmon beams via the controlled illumination of finite-size plasmonic crystals (2014)
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Bouillard, J.-S., Segovia, P., Dickson, W., Wurtz, G. A., & Zayats, A. V. (2015). Shaping plasmon beams via the controlled illumination of finite-size plasmonic crystals. Scientific reports, 4(1), Article UNSP 7234. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep07234

Plasmonic crystals provide many passive and active optical functionalities, including enhanced sensing, optical nonlinearities, light extraction from LEDs and coupling to and from subwavelength waveguides. Here we study, both experimentally and numer... Read More about Shaping plasmon beams via the controlled illumination of finite-size plasmonic crystals.

Near-field hyperspectral optical imaging (2014)
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Bouillard, J. S. G., Dickson, W., Wurtz, G. A., & Zayats, A. V. (2014). Near-field hyperspectral optical imaging. Chemphyschem, 15(4), 619-629. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201300826

This Minireview presents an overview of near-field hyperspectral imaging and discusses its applications. Based on a fibre-tip probe, the hyperspectral near-field optical microscope allows the simultaneous acquisition of near-field images over a broad... Read More about Near-field hyperspectral optical imaging.

The room temperature phosphine-free synthesis of near-infrared emitting HgSe quantum dots (2014)
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Mirzai, H., Nordin, M. N., Curry, R. J., Bouillard, J.-S., Zayats, A. V., & Green, M. (2014). The room temperature phosphine-free synthesis of near-infrared emitting HgSe quantum dots. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2(12), 2107-2111. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4tc00037d

Luminescent mercury selenide (HgSe) quantum dots have been synthesised by a phosphine-free method using oleic acid as a capping agent. The modification of experimental conditions such as temperature resulted in particles of various sizes (15–100 nm)... Read More about The room temperature phosphine-free synthesis of near-infrared emitting HgSe quantum dots.

Biosynthesis of luminescent quantum dots in an earthworm (2012)
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Stürzenbaum, S. R., Höckner, M., Panneerselvam, A., Levitt, J., Bouillard, J. S., Taniguchi, S., Dailey, L. A., Khanbeigi, R. A., Rosca, E. V., Thanou, M., Suhling, K., Zayats, A. V., & Green, M. (2013). Biosynthesis of luminescent quantum dots in an earthworm. Nature nanotechnology, 8(1), 57-60. https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2012.232

The synthesis of designer solid-state materials by living organisms is an emerging field in bio-nanotechnology. Key examples include the use of engineered viruses as templates for cobalt oxide (Co3O4) particles1, superparamagnetic cobalt–platinum all... Read More about Biosynthesis of luminescent quantum dots in an earthworm.

Broadband and broadangle SPP antennas based on plasmonic crystals with linear chirp (2012)
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Bouillard, J. S., Vilain, S., Dickson, W., Wurtz, G. A., & Zayats, A. V. (2012). Broadband and broadangle SPP antennas based on plasmonic crystals with linear chirp. Scientific reports, 2(1), Article 829. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep00829

Plasmonic technology relies on the coupling of light to surface electromagnetic modes on smooth or structured metal surfaces. While some applications utilise the resonant nature of surface polaritons, others require broadband characteristics. We demo... Read More about Broadband and broadangle SPP antennas based on plasmonic crystals with linear chirp.

Low-temperature plasmonics of metallic nanostructures (2012)
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Bouillard, J. S. G., Dickson, W., O’Connor, D. P., Wurtz, G. A., & Zayats, A. V. (2012). Low-temperature plasmonics of metallic nanostructures. Nano Letters, 12(3), 1561-1565. https://doi.org/10.1021/nl204420s

The requirements for spatial and temporal manipulation of electromagnetic fields on the nanoscale have recently resulted in an ever-increasing use of plasmonics for achieving various functionalities with superior performance to those available from c... Read More about Low-temperature plasmonics of metallic nanostructures.

Optically-programmable nonlinear photonic component for dielectric-loaded plasmonic circuitry (2011)
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Krasavin, A. V., Randhawa, S., Bouillard, J. S., Renger, J., Quidant, R., & Zayats, A. V. (2011). Optically-programmable nonlinear photonic component for dielectric-loaded plasmonic circuitry. Optics express, 19(25), 25222-25229. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.025222

We demonstrate both experimentally and numerically a compact and efficient, optically tuneable plasmonic component utilizing a surface plasmon polariton ring resonator with nonlinearity based on trans-cis isomerization in a polymer material. We obser... Read More about Optically-programmable nonlinear photonic component for dielectric-loaded plasmonic circuitry.

Hybrid FIB milling strategy for the fabrication of plasmonic nanostructures on semiconductor substrates (2011)
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Einsle, J. F., Bouillard, J. S., Dickson, W., & Zayats, A. V. (2011). Hybrid FIB milling strategy for the fabrication of plasmonic nanostructures on semiconductor substrates. Nanoscale Research Letters, 6(1), Article 572. https://doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-6-572

The optical properties of plasmonic semiconductor devices fabricated by focused ion beam (FIB) milling deteriorate because of the amorphisation of the semiconductor substrate. This study explores the effects of combining traditional 30 kV FIB milling... Read More about Hybrid FIB milling strategy for the fabrication of plasmonic nanostructures on semiconductor substrates.

Light extraction beyond total internal reflection using one-dimensional plasmonic crystals (2011)
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McCarron, R., O'Connor, D., Bouillard, J. S., Dickson, W., & Zayats, A. V. (2011). Light extraction beyond total internal reflection using one-dimensional plasmonic crystals. Applied physics letters, 99(8), Article 081106. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3628330

We demonstrate the application of plasmonic crystals for extracting light trapped in the substrate due to total internal reflection (TIR). The broadband transmission properties of one-dimensional plasmonic crystals have been investigated, both experi... Read More about Light extraction beyond total internal reflection using one-dimensional plasmonic crystals.

Hyperspectral imaging with scanning near-field optical microscopy: applications in plasmonics (2010)
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Bouillard, J. S., Vilain, S., Dickson, W., & Zayats, A. V. (2010). Hyperspectral imaging with scanning near-field optical microscopy: applications in plasmonics. Optics express, 18(16), 16513-16519. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.016513

We present the realisation of near-field spectroscopic measurements with fibre-tip-based scanning near-field microscopy. It allows the simultaneous acquisition of near-field images in a broad spectral range (400 nm to 1000 nm), thus recovering local... Read More about Hyperspectral imaging with scanning near-field optical microscopy: applications in plasmonics.

Optical transmission of periodic annular apertures in metal film on high-refractive index substrate: The role of the nanopillar shape (2010)
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Bouillard, J. S., Einsle, J., Dickson, W., Rodrigo, S. G., Carretero-Palacios, S., Martin-Moreno, L., Garcia-Vidal, F. J., & Zayats, A. V. (2010). Optical transmission of periodic annular apertures in metal film on high-refractive index substrate: The role of the nanopillar shape. Applied physics letters, 96(20), Article 201101. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3427390

The influence of annular aperture parameters on the optical transmission through arrays of coaxial apertures in a metal film on high refractive index substrates has been investigated experimentally and numerically. It is shown that the transmission r... Read More about Optical transmission of periodic annular apertures in metal film on high-refractive index substrate: The role of the nanopillar shape.

Opening the light extraction cone of high index substrates with plasmonic gratings: Light emitting diode applications (2009)
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Drezet, A., Przybilla, F., Laux, E., Mahboub, O., Genet, C., Ebbesen, T. W., Bouillard, J. S., Zayats, A., Spevak, I. S., Zayats, A. V., Nikitin, A. Y., & Martín-Moreno, L. (2009). Opening the light extraction cone of high index substrates with plasmonic gratings: Light emitting diode applications. Applied physics letters, 95(2), 021101. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3176435

The opening of the light extraction cone of a high index substrate (GaP) is demonstrated using plasmonic gratings. We show that the excitation of surface plasmons on the metal grating leads to the extraction of light otherwise undergoing total intern... Read More about Opening the light extraction cone of high index substrates with plasmonic gratings: Light emitting diode applications.