Under illumination at their plasmonic resonance wavelength, metal nanoparticles can turn into ideal nanosources of heat remotely controllable by light. This simple effect is at the basis of fast growing area of research, named thermoplasmonics, and currently involves promising applications in photothermal cancer therapy, heat-assisted magnetic recording, nanochemistry, etc.

The purpose of the talk will be (i) to introduce the field of thermoplasmonics and discuss the most important applications, (ii) present the most recent developments conducted at the Institut Fresnel, namely, in label-free temperature microscopy in plasmonics, microscale thermal-induced fluid dynamics, plasmon-assisted nanochemistry, microscale temperature shaping, new thermoplasmonic materials, and thermal cell biology.


Seminar, March 2, 2016, 15:00. ICFO’s Seminar Room

Hosted by Prof. Romain Quidant