title: Propagating Surface Plasmon Polaritons: Towards Applications for Remote-Excitation Surface Catalytic Reactions.
abstract: Plasmonics is a well-established field, exploiting the interaction of light and metals at the nanoscale; with the help of surface plasmon polaritons, remote-excitation can also be observed by using silver or gold plasmonic waveguides. Recently, plasmonic catalysis was established as a new exciting platform for heterogeneous catalytic reactions. Recent reports present remote-excitation surface catalytic reactions as a route to enhance the rate of chemical reactions, and offer a pathway to control surface catalytic reactions. In this review, we focus on recent advanced reports on silver plasmonic waveguide for remote-excitation surface catalytic reactions. First, the synthesis methods and characterization techniques of sivelr nanowire plasmonic waveguides are summarized, and the properties and physical mechanisms of plasmonic waveguides are presented in detail. Then, the applications of plasmonic waveguides including remote excitation fluorescence and SERS are introduced, and we focus on the field of remote-excitation surface catalytic reactions. Finally, forecasts are made for possible future applications for the remote-excitation surface catalysis by plasmonic waveguides in living cells.
authors: Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics Institute of Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P.R. China; Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology Albert-Einstein-Str. 907745 Jena Germany.
authors: Zhenglong
authors: Z
authors: Zhang
authors: Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics Institute of Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P.R. China; Division of Bionanophotonics Department of Applied Physics Chalmers University of Technology Gothenburg SE-412 96 Sweden.
authors: Yurui
authors: Y
authors: Fang
authors: Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics Institute of Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P.R. China; School of Science Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an 710049 China.
authors: Wenhui
authors: W
authors: Wang
authors: Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics Institute of Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P.R. China; Material Science and Engineering University of California San Diego CA 92093 USA.
authors: Li
authors: L
authors: Chen
authors: Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics Institute of Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P.R. China.
authors: Mengtao
authors: M
authors: Sun
keywords: plasmonic waveguides; remote excitation; surface catalytic reactions; surface‐enhanced Raman scattering