Stephan Link

Abstract Plasmon-induced resonance energy transfer (PIRET) is a promising approach for plasmonic photocatalysis and energy conversion, but challenges include elucidating the mechanism and maximizing its efficiency, both of which are hampered by competing processes. Another challenge is demonstrating that PIRET can photoinitiate reactions that follow efficient pathways compared to bulk processes.

Since the beginning of the National Nanotechnology Initiative in 2001, the chemical community has made significant progress in developing the synthetic, spectroscopic, and theoretical tools needed to harness the potential of nanoscale matter to revolutionize critical technologies and enable new ones.