Advances in nanophotonics have shown the potential of colloidal metal nanoparticles with sharp tips, such as rods, to focalize plasmonic electromagnetic fields. We report on the synthesis of Au nanorods via a seed mediated ...

Physical properties of a nanocrystalline thin film is greatly influenced by its morphological and structural evolution. We try to understand the transition of SnO2 thin films from amorphous to nanocrystalline structure ...