MOLECULAR PLASMONICS

Adopting a novel approach, this book provides a unique "molecular perspective" on plasmonics, concisely presenting the fundamentals and applications in a way suitable for beginners entering this hot field as well as for experienced researchers and practitioners.
It begins by introducing readers to the optical effects that occur at the nanoscale and particularly their modification in the presence of biomolecules, followed by a concise yet thorough overview of the different methods for the actual fabrication of nano-optical materials. Further chapters address the relevant nano-optics, as well as the various approaches to combining nanostructures and biomolecules to achieve certain desired functionalities for applications in the fields of probing, sensing and particle manipulation.
For analytical biologists, physical chemists, materials scientists and medicinal chemists.

Wolfgang Fritzsche heads the Nano Biophotonics Department at the Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT) in Jena, Germany, since 2001. He did his PhD at the Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Gottingen and then worked as a postdoc at the Iowa State University, USA, on biological AFM and image processing before returning to Jena. His research interests are molecular plasmonics and nanotechnology with a special focus on DNA-nanoparticle complexes and their integration into chip environments for bioanalytical and nanophotonic applications. Wolfgang Fritzsche is the initiator and organizer of the bi-annual "Molecular Plasmonics" Symposia in Jena.