Nanophotonic Chemical Reactions: New Photochemical Reactions and Their Applications

✍ Scribed by Takashi Yatsui

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing;Springer
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 146
• Series: Nano-Optics and Nanophotonics
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book introduces readers to the cutting-edge topic of nanophotonic photochemical reactions and their applications. From among the various innovations in optical technology achieved by means of the non-uniform optical near field, it focuses on photochemical reactions at the nanoscale. Optical near fields are the elementary surface excitations of nanometric particles with non-uniform field distributions. After reviewing the unique properties of the non-uniform optical field, the book presents a range of applications of near-field assisted photochemical reactions, including near-field etching, visible water splitting, carbon dioxide reduction and reactions in solar cells.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xi
Introduction (Takashi Yatsui)....Pages 1-2
Non-uniform Optical Near-Field (Takashi Yatsui)....Pages 3-22
Ultra-flat Surface Using a Near-Field Etching (Takashi Yatsui)....Pages 23-74
Near-Field Chemical Reactions and Excitations (Takashi Yatsui)....Pages 75-115
Wave Vector Excitation (Takashi Yatsui)....Pages 117-129
Remarks (Takashi Yatsui)....Pages 131-132
Back Matter ....Pages 133-137

✦ Subjects

Physics; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices; Nanochemistry; Optical and Electronic Materials; Nanoscale Science and Technology